UNITED STATES EX REL. COATES v. LAIRD

No. 2790.

358 F.Supp. 214 (1973)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Pfc. Christopher H. COATES, 2362375 USMCR(K), MaintBn, 4th FSR, Charlotte, North Carolina, Plaintiff and Petitioner, v. Melvin LAIRD, Secretary of Defense of the United States, et al., Defendants and Respondents.

United States District Court, W. D. North Carolina, Charlotte Division.

March 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Stein, Chapel Hill, N. C., W. Samuel Woodard, Charlotte, N. C., Thomas F. Loflin, III, Loflin, Anderson & Loflin, Durham, N. C., for plaintiff and petitioner.

Keith S. Snyder, U. S. Atty., Asheville, N. C., David B. Sentelle and Hugh J. Beard, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Charlotte, N. C., for defendants and respondents.


McMILLAN, District Judge.

Christopher Coates, petitioner, is a native of North Carolina, a graduate in college and law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a practicing lawyer. He was raised in the Camp Greene (Charlotte) Presbyterian Church and many of his convictions are traced to his early Christian training. He was an Eagle Scout and on at least one occasion preached the Sunday sermon in his home...

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