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LAWSON v. LAIRD

No. 71-1292 Summary Calendar.

443 F.2d 617 (1971)

Airman First Class Jonathan O. LAWSON and Airman First Class Gregory L. Palmer, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Melvin LAIRD, as Secretary of Defense, Robert C. Seamans, as Secretary of the Air Force; Colonel Grover Reat, as Base Commander, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Simons, Austin, Tex., for petitioners-appellants.

Maury Maverick, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., amicus curiae, for Texas Civil Liberties Union.

Eldon B. Mahon, U. S. Atty, W. E. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Ft. Worth, Tex., C. Claude Teagarden, Lt. Col., U. S. A. F., Litigation Div., U. S. Air Force, Washington, D. C., for respondents-appellees.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Airman First Class Jonathan O. Lawson and Airman First Class Gregory L. Palmer (appellants) filed petitions for writs of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, San Angelo Division, seeking discharges from the United States Air Force as conscientious objectors. The district court summarily1 denied both petitions and the airmen...

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