Legal Opinion
United States v. Pitt
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 27, 1944No. 8665PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Lester Vernon Pitt, was found guilty on an indictment charging him with failure to obey an order of his Local Board directing him to appear and be inducted for training and service in the United States Army. Instead of reporting for induction as ordered, Pitt went to' the Fort Dix Induction Center and left there a letter stating that he would not submit to induction. Earlier, on the same day, he had delivered a similar letter to- his Local Board. Both letters stated that Pitt was a minister of religion, a member of the sect known as Jehovah’s Witnesses, and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jacobson v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Selective Draft Law CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Falbo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Billings v. TruesdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Ex Parte CatanzaroCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Cassius Marsellus Clay, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Richard Secor Corliss, United States of America v. Fred August Heise, United States of America v. Walter HeroldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Wilbert Lee SturgisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Niznik v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1949
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