Legal Opinion
Mottola v. Nixon
District Court, N.D. California
Decided September 10, 1970No. C 70 943PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
SWEIGERT, District Judge.
This suit is brought by four plaintiffs, three of them being members of the United States Military Reserves and one being a registrant eligible for draft under the Selective Service Act, against the President of the United States and his Secretary of Defense to obtain a judgment (1) enjoining defendants from ordering United States military personnel to conduct military operations in Cambodia, and (2) declaring that these four plaintiffs have the right to refuse to participate in what they claim to be an illegal, unconstitutional war.
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2Cases cited29 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Holtzman v. SchlesingerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Ernest Dacosta v. Melvin Laird, Individually and as Secretary of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Melvin R. Laird, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
- Maxey v. Washington State Democratic CommitteeDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1970
- Atlee v. LairdDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
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