Legal Opinion
United States v. Patrick Carl Gast
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 7, 1972No. 71-1391PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from defendant Gast’s conviction, without a jury, of refusing to report for alternative civilian work under his 1-0 classification. He has appealed. We affirm.
Gast registered with his local board in October 1966. He later filed a Classification Questionnaire and a Special Conscientious Objector Form (SSS 150) claiming to be spending “much time,” “100 hours or more” per month engaged in field work as a Jehovah Witness minister. On April 10, 1967 he was classified 1-0 by the local board. He thereafter requested a personal appearance before the board, on…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States v. Roy B. Kelly, Cecil v. Hagen and Milton J. ShuckCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Mulloy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. ButeraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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- United States v. TestCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
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- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
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