Gibson v. United States

These cases carry forward another step the sequence in decision represented by Falbo, Billings, Estep and Smith. Each petitioner has been convicted for violating § 11 of the Selective Training and Service Act (54 Stat. 894, 50 U. S. C. App. § 311), Dodez for failing to report for work of national importance after being ordered to do so and Gibson for having unlawfully deserted the camp to which he had been assigned for such work.

In each instance the conviction was sustained on appeal 3 and certiorari was granted because of the importance of the questions presented for the administration of…