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JOHNSON v. POWELL

No. 27211.

414 F.2d 1060 (1969)

SP5 William S. JOHNSON, NG 23 179 853, et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. Lieut.-General Beverly E. POWELL, Commanding Officer, Fort Hood, Texas, et al., Respondent-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 29, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan R. Zahm, Sherman Oaks, Cal., Arthur Mitchell, Austin, Tex., Elsbeth Levy Bothe, Baltimore, Md., for appellants.

William D. Ruckelshaus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ted Butler, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Alan S. Rosenthal, Robert E. Kopp, Attys., Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before BELL and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, District Judge.

BELL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves a petition for writ of habeas corpus which was treated in the district court as 105 separate petitions on behalf of the 105 named petitioners.1 Appellants, the petitioners below, sought release from active military duty. The appeal is from the denial of the petitions. We affirm.

Appellants signed dual enlistment contracts, i. e., they enlisted...

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