GRUCA v. SECRETARY OF ARMY

No. 23840.

436 F.2d 239 (1970)

Stanley Lawrence GRUCA, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF the ARMY.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1970.

Petition for Rehearing Denied November 19, 1970.

Certiorari Denied March 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph Forer, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. David Rein, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Gregory C. Brady, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, and Miss Mary E. Folliard, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, TAMM, and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied March 22, 1971. See 91 S.Ct. 1208.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

On this appeal ours is the difficult but limited task of reviewing a draft board's finding that the appellant Gruca was not entitled to be classified as a conscientious objector. The difficulty we face is inherent in a process which attempts to distinguish between a sincere belief and one that is not truly held and which for its success must rely in large part on deductions drawn from...

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