SILBERBERG v. WILLIS

No. 7500.

420 F.2d 662 (1970)

Alan I. SILBERBERG, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Commanding Officer, Col. Albert W. WILLIS et al., Respondents, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey A. Silverglate, Boston, Mass., for appellant.

Stanislaw R. J. Suchecki, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Herbert F. Travers, Jr., U. S. Atty., was on memorandum, for appellees.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


ALDRICH, Chief Judge.

Appellant Silberberg, a law student, and a member of the United States Army Reserve assigned to an army hospital in Massachusetts, but not on active duty, sought administrative discharge on grounds of conscientious objection. In support of his application he submitted a four-page statement describing his religious beliefs, and letters from his dean, who was a member of a clerical order, and from one...

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