Legal Opinion
United States v. John Edward Deere
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 6, 1970No. 805, Docket 33896PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
John Edward Deere, who claimed to be a conscientious objector, appeals from his conviction by Chief Judge Foley in the District Court for the Northern District of New York, sitting without a jury, for refusing to report to and submit to induction in the armed forces in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. The case is rendered difficult by its stark simplicity.
Deere, a resident of Parishville, a village in northern New York, registered with his draft board at Ogdensburg shortly after becoming 18 in February 1966. In his Classification Questionnaire he claimed to be a…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Witmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. David Arthur GeareyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Lonnie Leroy HaughtonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- United States v. Leslie John LenhardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Peter Kenly CrownfieldCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Donald Thomas Speicher, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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