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ATHERTON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 11582, 11586.

176 F.2d 835 (1949)

ATHERTON et al. v. UNITED STATES. EDWARDS et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 5, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Heisler, A. L. Wirin and Fred Okrand, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.

James M. Carter, U. S. Atty., Ernest A. Tolin, Chief Asst. U. S. Atty., Norman Neukom and Herschel E. Champlin, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge and STEPHENS and ORR, Circuit Judges.

STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

Twenty-one persons in camp as conscientious objectors to participation in war in any form were indicted and convicted on counts charging a knowing failure and neglect to perform certain duties required of them under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 301 et seq., hereinafter referred to as the Act. The appeals are consolidated.

Appellants were classified IV-E as conscientious objectors by their...

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