VINCENT v. BROWN

No. 75-1096.

590 F.2d 1137 (1978)

Donald P. VINCENT et al., Appellants, v. Harold BROWN, Secretary of Defense, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Sherman, Austin, Tex., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Texas, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Melvin L. Wulf, New York City, and David F. Addlestone, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Jonathan B. Marks, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before BAZELON and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges, and JUSTICE, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas.


Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

Five named individuals and two organizations initiated this litigation to challenge the Clemency Program, established in 1974 by Presidential Proclamation 4313.1 Under the program, those absent from military service without authorization between August 4, 1964 and March 28, 1973, were relieved from possible prosecution in return for an oath of allegiance...

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