UNITED STATES v. DOWNER

No. 259.

135 F.2d 521 (1943)

UNITED STATES ex rel. PHILLIPS v. DOWNER, Colonel.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 7, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Osmond K. Fraenkel, of New York City, for relator-appellant.

Vine H. Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Harold M. Kennedy, U. S. Atty., and Mario Pittoni, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Randolph Godfrey Phillips, a native-born American citizen aged 32 years, duly registered under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 301 et seq., but claimed exemption from combatant service as a conscientious objector under its provisions, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 305(g). This claim, together with other claims for deferred classification, was disapproved by the local board, and thereafter by the appeal...

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