Legal Opinion
Pine v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1954No. 6720PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence for refusing to submit to induction into the armed services in violation of the provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 451 et seq. The case was tried by the judge below without a jury. Appellant admits that he refused to submit to induction but contends that the order under which he was required to report was void because arbitrary and capricious and without adequate basis in fact.
Appellant is a member of the sect known as Jehovah’s Witnesses. He registered with a local…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Goff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1943
- Taffs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
- Cox v. WedemeyerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by20 opinions
- United States v. Claude James, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Stephen Eugene AbbottCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. David Michael OwenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. HagamanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- William Edward Franks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
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