Legal Opinion

United States v. Watson Woodson Jennison, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided March 10, 1969No. 18147_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.

We here consider the appeal of Watson Woodson Jennison, Jr., from his conviction, upon jury trial, of refusing to submit to induction into the Armed Forces of the United States, in violátion of 50 U.S.C.App. § 462. Appellant contends that his conviction was unlawful because his local draft board had refused to give proper consideration to his claim of entitlement to a classification of conscientious objector.

Appellant was registered with Local Board No. 2 in Huntington, West Virginia. He was classified II-S (student) in December, 1961, and re-classified I-A…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. United States v. David Arthur GeareyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
  3. Richard Glenn Keene v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
  4. Parrott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
  5. United States v. SchoebelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. William Ward Ehlert v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
  2. Ardith Alvin Davis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
  3. Benjamin Parker Blades v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
  4. United States v. John Steven RundleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
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