Legal Opinion
James Leslie Williams v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 24, 1954No. 14864_1PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
This case and the case of Tamblyn v. United States of America, 5 Cir., 216 F.2d 345, both charged violation of Section 12 of the Selective Service Act of 1948, as amended, Section 462 of Title 50, Appendix, United States Code Annotated, and were tried in the district court on the same day. Much that is said in our opinion in the Tamblyn case is applicable here and will not be repeated. The appellant was found guilty of willfully refusing to submit to induction and received a two year sentence. His defense was that he was exempt as a conscientious objector under Section…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Bryan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Cox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. SimmonsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
- Clair Laverne White v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Clay v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Richard Glenn Keene v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
- Winburn Carson Kessler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Jesus M. Olvera v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- United States v. Claude James, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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