Legal Opinion

Arnold Edwin Riles v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 21, 1955No. 14893_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is by an accused claiming to be a conscientious objector from a conviction for a refusal to submit to induction into the armed forces of the United States as ordered by the Selective System, which placed the accused in Class 1-A.

At the outset we should say that this case and others argued before us at the same time were presented to this court and are considered by us in light of the four cases relating to the conscientious objector status decided by the Supreme Court on March 14, 1955. 1

It is also probably appropriate to point out that complications have…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  4. Witmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  5. Bryan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Winburn Carson Kessler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  2. United States v. Claude James, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
  3. Wheeler v. CornerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1969
  4. United States v. David Alan GernanntCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  5. United States v. Maurice Raymond TurcotteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973

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