Legal Opinion
National Student Association, Inc. v. Lewis B. Hershey
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 6, 1969No. 21903PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
This suit challenges (1) the celebrated “Hershey directive” of October, 1967, 1 which threatened war protesters with loss of their draft deferments and in some cases with immediate induction into the armed forces as delinquents, and (2) the delinquency regulations 2 promulgated under the Military Selective Service Act of 1967. 3 The plaintiffs are fifteen college student-body presidents, the president of the University Christian Movement, and three national student organizations, all of whom sue both in their own behalf and in a representative capacity.
The so-called…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by124 opinions
- United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. v. Ronald Wilson Reagan, President of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. HardinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Environmental Defense Fund, Incorporated v. HardinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Dale B. Menard v. John N. Mitchell and John Edgar HooverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Adele Halkin v. Richard Helms, Department of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
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