ORLOFF v. WILLOUGHBY.

No. 444.

345 U.S. 83 (1953)

ORLOFF v. WILLOUGHBY, COMMANDANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 9, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rein and Stanley Faulkner argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Robert S. Erdahl argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Cummings, Assistant Attorney General Murray, Beatrice Rosenberg and Murry Lee Randall.


MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner presents a novel case. Admitting that he was lawfully inducted into the Army, he asks the courts, by habeas corpus, to discharge him because he has not been assigned to the specialized duties nor given the commissioned rank to which he claims to be entitled by the circumstances of his induction. The petitioner had passed the ages liable to induction except under the Universal Military Training and...

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