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Sorenson v. Selective Service System

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided April 6, 1962No. Civ. A. No. 31032PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN W. LORD, Jr., District Judge.

Petitioner, Ralph Trent Sorenson, a Registrant in the Selective Service System, seeks an injunction to restrain defendants from enforcing a certain Order to Report for Induction into the Armed *787Forces of the United States. The registrant, Sorenson, claims that the order is invalid on the ground that his local board refused to consider his Conscientious Objector claim and failed to grant him the right to appeal to which he is entitled by law.

These proceedings were initiated on February 20, 1962, by the filing of petitioner’s complaint which named five parties…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Shields v. BarrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
  4. Witmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  5. Blackmar v. GuerreSupreme Court of the United States · 1952

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. James R. Nestor v. Lewis B. HersheyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  2. Smith v. LeachDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1968
  3. Sorenson v. WilliamsDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1962

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