Legal Opinion
Kenneth Wood v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1967No. 23366_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the underlying question whether Wood, a Jehovah’s Witness, is entitled as a matter of law to an exemption from selective service on the ground that he is a minister. The local board denied the exemption and classified Wood as a conscientious objector. Wood subsequently refused to report for civilian employment and was convicted of violating the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A.App. § 462. This appeal followed.
Wood registered with Georgia Local Board 119 on August 18, 1958. In his classification questionnaire, Wood…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Witmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- George v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
- Elmer B. Wiggins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Cassius Marsellus Clay, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Leon Herbert Greer, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Julita David Robertson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Robert J. CohenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Gary Herndon McCoy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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