Legal Opinion
Smith v. Laird
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided January 8, 1973No. Civ. No. 9657PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
MECHEM, District Judge.
Petitioner, Richard D. Smith, a Captain in the United States Air Force, brings this habeas corpus proceeding requesting that the Court order his discharge from military service as a conscientious objector.
Petitioner was appointed as a medical services officer on June 5, 1967, and entered active duty on September 5, 1967. The Air Force sponsored his medical education and his pediatrics internship under the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) program. He completed this schooling, at considerable expense to the Air Force,1 in May of 1971.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. SeegerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Welsh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gillette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Witmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. Richard Secor Corliss, United States of America v. Fred August Heise, United States of America v. Walter HeroldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Richard D. Smith v. Melvin Laird, the Secretary of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973