Legal Opinion
Keith v. Chilgren v. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1974No. 74-1111PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VOGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Appellant Chilgren, a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force Reserves, sought a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, alleging that he is being unlawfully detained in the service because of the denial of his application for discharge as a conscientious objector. The District Court denied the petition in an opinion reported at 368 F.Supp. 1375 (D.Minn.1974), and this appeal followed.
Upon an examination of the entire record, we conclude that there was no basis in fact for the Secretary of the Air Force’s…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. SeegerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Welsh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Gillette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Witmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Singer v. Secretary of the Air ForceDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1974
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