Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Powell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 29, 1969No. 27211PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves a petition for writ of habeas corpus which was treated in the district court as 105 separate petitions on behalf of the 105 named petitioners.1 Appellants, the petitioners below, sought release from active military duty. The appeal is from the denial of the petitions. We affirm.
*1062Appellants signed dual enlistment contracts, i. e., they enlisted in the “* * * Army National Guard of Kentucky and as a Reserve of the Army with membership in the National Guard of the United States * * * under the conditions prescribed by law * * *.” They certified in the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Cox v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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- Schaller v. Board of Education of Elmwood Local School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1978
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