Legal Opinion

Kanai v. McHugh

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided March 4, 2011No. 10-6086PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge DUNCAN joined.

OPINION

KEENAN, Circuit Judge:

Steven L. Kanai, a cadet in his final year at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York (West Point), sought discharge from the United States Army (the Army) as a conscientious objector. 1 The Department of the Army Conscientious Objector Board (the Army Board) denied Kanai’s application for discharge, finding that Kanai had not demonstrated sincerely-held views entitling him to be classified as a conscientious objector.

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2Cases cited23 opinions

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  4. Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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