Estep v. United States

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Estep v. United States
by William O. Douglas
Syllabus

Estep v. United States, 327 U.S. 114 (1946), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a draft board's refusal to classify a Jehovah's Witness as minister is, after exhausting administrative remedies, subject to judicial review.

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United States Supreme Court

327 U.S. 114

Estep  v.  United States

 Argued: Nov. 7, 1945. --- Decided: Feb 4, 1946

The duty to report for induction in accordance with draft board's order includes duty to submit to induction, and breach of such duty is a crime as defined by provision of Selective Service Act making criminal a willful failure to perform any duty required of a registrant by the act or the rules and regulations made under it. Selective Training and Service Ac of 1940, § 11, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix § 311.

Mr.Hayden C. Covington, of Brooklyn, N.Y., for petitioners.

Mr. Irving S. Shapiro, of Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Mr. Justice DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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