Brown v. Spelman
District Court, E.D. New York
At Raw. Application by Sam Brown for writ of certiorari, or writ of mandamus, directed to James J. Spelman and others, as members of the Bocal Board for Division No. 35 of the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, and Charles J. Pflug, as Adjutant General of the State of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
GARVIN, District Judge.
This is an application for a writ of cer-tiorari, or a writ of mandamus, directing the defendants, who are members of a local board in the city of New York, created under the provisions of the act of Congress, known as the Selective Service Raw, approved May 18, 1917 (40 Stat. 76, c. 15), and the adjutant general of the state of New York, to strike the plaintiff’s name from the list of persons registered under the Selective Service Raw, and asking that a writ of prohibition be issued, restraining the defendants from inducting the plaintiff into military service.
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