Mellinger v. Laird

OPINION AND ORDER

MASTERSON, District Judge.

This is another in the long series of cases involving the activation of military reservists for failure to participate satisfactorily in their units of the Ready Reserve. 1 Private Mellinger enlisted in the Army National Guard on March 22, 1964, thereby incurring a six year obligation which would have expired on March 21, 1970. About Sy2 months before his discharge, however, the Army ordered Mellinger to active duty for a period of 15 months, 9 days. The Army activated Mellinger pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 673(a) and (b) which read as follows:

“(a)…