Legal Opinion
United States v. T. Vail Palmer, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 20, 1955No. 11449PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
T. Yail Palmer, Jr. was convicted in the district court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for refusing to appear for induction into the armed forces pursuant to the order of a local selective service board. The district court denied his motion for judgment of acquittal, 122 F.Supp. 938, and he has appealed.
Palmer, a member of the Religious Society of Friends, was convicted in the district court in 1950 for failure to register under the Selective Training and Service Act and he served a term of imprisonment. Just before his release from prison on September…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Selective Draft Law CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Falbo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- United States v. Robert Warren CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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