Legal Opinion
Lee Lovallo v. Stanley R. Resor, Secretary of the Army
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 24, 1971No. 919_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Lee Lovallo, an enlistee and specialist E4 in the United States Army, filed a petition in the district court for a writ of habeas corpus to effect his release from military service on the ground that he was a conscientious objector. This action followed a denial by the Army’s Conscientious Objection Review Board of his application for a discharge from the Army which he had filed on September 18, 1970 on the same ground. The district court held that there was no objective evidence upon which the Department of the Army could have based its denial and granted the relief…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. SeegerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Gillette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Witmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Winburn Carson Kessler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Lee T. Lovallo v. Robert F. Froehlke, Secretary of the Army and Major General John Hightower, Commanding General of Fort Hamilton ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- United States of America Ex Rel. Neil Bruce Checkman v. Hon. Melvin Laird, Secretary of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Michael L. Goldstein v. J. William MiddendorfCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Robert A. Lobis v. Secretary of the United States Air ForceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Richard D. Smith v. Melvin Laird, the Secretary of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
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