MUHAMMAD ALI v. DIVISION OF ST. ATH. C. OF DEPT. OF ST. OF N. Y.

No. 69 Civ. 4867.

308 F.Supp. 11 (1969)

MUHAMMAD ALI, Plaintiff, v. The DIVISION OF STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION OF the DEPARTMENT OF STATE OF the State of NEW YORK and Edwin B. Dooley, Albert Berkowitz and Raymond J. Lee, as Chairman and Members thereof, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

December 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Meltsner, New York, N. Y., for plaintiff.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, for defendants; Charles A. LaTorella, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.


OPINION

FRANKEL, District Judge.

I.

On April 28, 1967, the plaintiff, Muhammad Ali (also known as Cassius Clay), refused to submit to induction into the armed forces. He was at the time "recognized" in New York and elsewhere as the world's heavyweight champion prize fighter. His resistance to the draft was predicated, inter alia, upon a claimed ministerial exemption, a conscientious objector claim, and hardship grounds. On June 20, 1967...

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