Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Petition of William D. Scott v. Commanding Officer, Commander Thomas M. Volatile and Secretary of Defense
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 15, 1970No. 18546PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SEITZ, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from an order of the district court denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus raises some difficult questions concerning the proper procedures and standards for judging a selective service registrant’s claim for conscientious objector status made after he has been ordered to report for induction.
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Petitioner William Douglas Scott registered with his Massachusetts local board in June 1963 at age eighteen. In January 1965 he received a student deferment. He retained the deferment until September 1968 when the local board, believing he had…
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