Legal Opinion
United States v. Sigmund Peter Polites
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 13, 1971No. 19290_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Sigmund Polites, a selective service registrant, appeals from a conviction of willfully refusing to submit as ordered to induction into the armed forces. The case was tried to the court without a jury, 313 F.Supp. 848.
The essential facts are not in dispute. On this appeal the registrant urges that his motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted on the theory that his right to essentially fair procedure was violated by his Local Board in rejecting his request for a hardship deferment and classifying him I-A. It has long been recognized…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Knox v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
- United States Ex Rel. Berman v. CraigCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- United States v. James Anderson DeansCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- United States v. ZieberCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. Neal Thomas NeamandCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Noel Larry JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. James Robert HersheyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- United States v. WeaverDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- United States v. GreenDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
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