Legal Opinion
Guy James Morrison v. Lt. General Stanley R. Larsen
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1971No. 26869_1PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge.
Guy James Morrison, serving in the United States Army, filed for discharge as a conscientious objector under the provisions of Army Regulation 635-20. 1 His application was ultimately denied by the Conscientious Objector Review Board [CORB] and by the Adjutant General. Morrison filed a petition for writ of ha-beas corpus in the district court on the ground that the Army had wrongfully denied him discharge. The district court granted the writ and ordered Morrison’s discharge. We reverse and remand.
A. Factual Background.
The earliest manifestations of Morrison’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Clay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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