Legal Opinion
Muhammad Ali v. Division of State Athletic Commission of the Department of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 24, 1969No. 69 Civ. 4867PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANKEL, District Judge.
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On April 28, 1967, the plaintiff, Muhammad Ali (also known as Cassius Clay), refused to submit to induction into the armed forces. He was at the time “recognized” in New York and elsewhere as the world’s heavyweight champion prize fighter. His resistance to the draft was predicated, inter alia, upon a claimed ministerial exemption, a conscientious objector claim, and hardship grounds. On June 20, 1967, after rejection of his attacks upon the denial of an exemption for religious reasons, a jury found him guilty under 60 U.S.C.App. § 462 of criminally refusing…
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