United States ex rel. Reel v. Badt

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is a further step in the proceedings before us in United States ex rel. Reel v. Badt, 2 Cir., 141 F.2d 845, where we reversed the decision of the District Court, D.C.W.D.N.Y., 53 F.Supp. 906, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of the relator, Frederick U. Reel, to test the validity of his induction into the naval forces against his claim for exemption on the ground that “by reason of religious training and belief,” he was “conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form.” Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, § 5(g), 50…