Legal Opinion · Dissent
Thomas T. Schrader v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 76 of Wisconsin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 18, 1972No. 71-1767Published
1DissentEschbach, District Judge
The defendants here, through the actions of their National Director, violated a specific federal court order, directed at them, of which they were aware and which they unsuccessfully sought to stay at the district court level. I know of no government agency or any other litigant who is permitted to deliberately disregard with impunity a nonfrivolous federal court order. I therefore agree with the court below that the Selective Service System’s utter disregard of the mandate issued in Gregory v. Hershey, 311 F.Supp. 1 (E.D.Mich.1970) was “lawless,” and I must respectfully dissent.
In Gregory v.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Walker v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Carroll v. President & Commissioners of Princess AnneSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. ShippSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Stephen L. Gregory, James E. Hovis, John B. Sharpless Ii, Richard J. Silverman v. Curtis W. Tarr, National Director of Selective ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
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