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STERRETT v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 13901, 13952.

216 F.2d 659 (1954)

Basil Leroy STERRETT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Joseph David TRIFF, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

October 25, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No. 13901:

J. B. Tietz, Los Angeles, Cal., Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Edward J. Skelly, Hiram W. Kwan, Ray H. Kinnison, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

No. 13952:

Harold Shire, Beverly Hills, Cal., Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Ray H. Kinnison, Manuel L. Real, Hiram W. Kwan, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

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

POPE, Circuit Judge.

Each of these appellants was found guilty of a refusal to submit to induction contrary to the provisions of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 451 et seq. In each case the appellant, as a registrant, claimed exemption under the Act as a conscientious objector and made that claim before the local board. That board, after a personal appearance by the registrant, placed him in Class I-O (conscientious objector...

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