Legal Opinion
Willard C. Dietrich v. Captain G. L. Tarleton, Commander, Anacostia Naval Station
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 29, 1972No. 71-1776PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by the Commander of the Anacostia Naval Station, Washington, D.C., from an order issuing a writ of habeas corpus directing that he discharge the petitioner-appellee from service in the United States Navy.
The central legal issue is whether there was a “basis in fact” for the denial of the application of petitionerappellee for discharge from the Navy as a conscientious objector. 1 The District Court held that there was no such basis in fact since the Navy’s decision relied on the invalid reason that appellee’s enlistment in the Navy was inconsistent…
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