Legal Opinion
United States v. Wachtel
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 25, 1969No. Crim. No. 43123Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL
WOLLENBERG, District Judge.
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Prior to June, 1967, Jeffery Wachtel, as a full-time student at an institution of higher learning, enjoyed the benefits of a II-S deferment from training and service under the Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C.App. § 451 ff). In April of that year, however, Wachtel wrote his local draft board that he could “no longer conscientiously cooperate with an unequable Selective Service System which perpetrates a war that is contrary to the best interests of my country”. Subsequently he filed for conscientious objector status,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Wolff v. Selective Service Local Board No. 16Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Russel Milton Wills v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. David Earl GutknechtCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Kimball v. SELECTIVE SERVICE LOCAL BD. NO. 15, NEW YORK, NYDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1968
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