Legal Opinion
United States v. Sisson
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 25, 1968No. Crim. 68-237PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WYZANSKI, Chief Judge.
The grand jury indicted Sisson for wilfully refusing to perform a duty required under the Military Selective Service Act of 1967, U.S.C. Title 50 App. § 451 et seq., in that he refused to comply with an order of his draft board to submit to induction into the armed forces of the United States.
He has moved to dismiss the indictment principally upon the ground that the draft act as applied to him violates the Constitution. He contends that there is under the Constitution of the United States no authority to conscript him to serve in a war not declared by Congress.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. SawyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Home Building & Loan Assn. v. BlaisdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by29 opinions
- United States v. SissonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Jones v. BeameNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- United States v. John William Simpson, AKA Brother John SimpsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- The Honorable Parren J. Mitchell v. Melvin R. LairdCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- United States v. SissonDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1969
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