Legal Opinion
Serfass v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 3, 1975No. 73-1424PublishedCited by 1,123 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to decide whether a Court of Appeals has jurisdiction of an appeal by the United States from a pretrial order dismissing an indictment based on a legal ruling made by the District Court after an examination of records and an affidavit setting forth evidence to be adduced at trial.
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The material facts are not in dispute. Petitioner, whose military service had been deferred for two years while he was in the Peace Corps, was ordered to report for induction on January 18, 1971. On December 29, 1970, he requested the form for conscientious objectors, Selective Service Form…
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