WELSH v. UNITED STATES

No. 76.

398 U.S. 333 (1970)

WELSH v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 15, 1970


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Tietz argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Solicitor General Griswold argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Wilson, Francis X. Beytagh, Jr., and Beatrice Rosenberg.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, and MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL join.

The petitioner, Elliott Ashton Welsh II, was convicted by a United States District Judge of refusing to submit to induction into the Armed Forces in violation of 50 U. S. C. App. § 462 (a), and was on June 1, 1966, sentenced to imprisonment for three years. One...

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