Legal Opinion
United States v. Clinton
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided February 26, 1970No. Crim. 31857PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge:
In this prosecution for refusing to submit to induction into the armed forces, defendant has fired a barrage against the indictment, seeking to strike it down on a number of grounds, including the alleged unconstitutionality of the Military Selective Service Act of 1967, 50 U.S.C.A. App. §§ 451-473, and of some of the Regulations promulgated thereunder, and alleging in addition the invalidity of several other Regulations and of the actions of his draft board. 1
Conscription is the means by which Congress — acting within its constitutional authority — has chosen to provide…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Glidden Co. v. ZdanokSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Giordano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Cassius Marsellus Clay, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Michael Waldo Simmons v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Rostker v. GoldbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. Gerald Dewayne McDuffieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. YinglingDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Rostker v. GoldbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1981