UNITED STATES v. PATZ

Nos. 77-3177, 77-3583, 77-3491 to 77-3498, 77-3616, 77-3617 and 77-3756.

584 F.2d 927 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin C. PATZ, Julienne J. May, Shelly Mae Douglas, Jack Rubenstein, Mary E. Williams, James W. Douglass, Luciae Smith-Mueller, Louis W. Ladenberger, Christine M. Hassenstab, David L. Jackman, Taeko Miwa, Geoffrey Edwards and Margaret L. Lunam, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Shorett, Keith L. Kessler, Irwin H. Schwartz (argued), Seattle, Wash., Malcolm Burnstein, Berkeley, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Francis J. Diskin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TRASK and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and SKOPIL, District Judge.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Patz and the other twelve appellants challenge their convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 1382, which makes it unlawful to enter a military installation for any purpose prohibited by law or lawful regulation.1 They argue that the district court erred in refusing to find that their actions were mandated by the principles of the Nuremberg judgment and in failing to find that their actions were justified under...

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