UNITED STATES v. HEARN

No. 11456.

153 F.2d 186 (1946)

UNITED STATES ex rel. GOODMAN v. HEARN, Commanding General.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 15, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Cork, of Macon, Ga., and Meyer Kreeger, of New York City, for appellant.

Reid B. Barnes, Major, J. A. G. D., and Myron T. Nailling, Major, J. A. G. D., both of Atlanta, Ga., and John P. Cowart, U. S. Atty., of Macon, Ga., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

David Goodman brought habeas corpus proceedings to deliver his minor son, Eugene Goodman, from detention in an army camp, alleging that the induction of his son was unlawful because he was a bona fide student in a recognized theological school, preparing himself to be a minister of the Jewish religion, to-wit, a rabbi; and that the Local Board in denying his exemption as such acted in an unfair and illegal manner, and was arbitrary and capricious...

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