Opinion

United States v. Thomas Eugene Potter

  • 457 F.2d 1316
  • 1972 U.S. App. LEXIS 10186
Court
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Filed
Apr 10, 1972
Status
Published
On the bench
Weick, Peck, McCree
Cited by
2 cases
Authority
More cited than 48.1%

The opinion

PER CURIAM.

We consider a motion to affirm the judgment below on the grounds that it is manifest that the questions on which the decision of the cause depends are so unsubstantial as not to need further argument. 6th Cir. R. 8.

Appellant was convicted for refusal to submit to induction into the armed forces of the United States, in violation of 50 U.S.C.App. § 462. His only defense is that his 1-A classification and the order to report for induction were invalid because all the members of his local board did not reside in the area in which the board had jurisdiction, and that there were eligible persons who were available and willing to serve. 32 C.F.R. § 7604.52 (b) (1970). He relies on United States v. Cabbage, 430 F.2d 1037 (6th Cir. 1970).

We observe that this residential requirement has been eliminated by executive order from the current regulations, 32 C.F.R. § 1604.52 (b) (1971), and that the District Court was advised that, since the

Cabbage

decision, board membership in that judicial district has been reconstituted. We also observe that in United States v. Hart, 449 F.2d 340 (6th Cir. 1971), we held that the action of a local board cannot be challenged on the ground of the lack of proper residential qualifications of some of its members.

*1317

We held that such a board is a

de facto

board whose action is not subject to collateral attack. Since this appeal is clearly controlled by the decision in

Hart ,

the motion to affirm is granted.

Affirmed.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.