WALLS
v.
UNITED STATES

U.S. | 1970-02-24
No. 869
397 U.S. 909 Supreme Court of the United States (1970) Positive Treatment
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  • United States v. Baranski, 484 F.2d 556 (7th Cir. 1973)
    …ing with the administration of the Selective Service Act are forbidden. The statute, literally read, proscribes the use of any means whatsoever to accomplish the hindrance. In United States v. Eberhardt, 417 F. 2d 1009 (4th Cir. 1969), cert, denied, 397 U.S. 909, 90 5. Ct. 907, 25 L.Ed.2d 90 (1970), an appeal by Father Philip Berrigan and others from convictions stemming from their having poured blood on Selective Service files in a Baltimore, Maryland, draft board office, the Fourth Circuit stated: “Also…
  • …lvania Turnp. Comm., 34 F.Supp. 26 (D.Pa. 1940) (not necessarily showing no jurisdiction) . . State Highway Comm. v. Utah Constr. Co., 278 U.S. 194, 49 S.Ct. 104, 73 L.Ed. 262 (1929) ; Dacey v. Florida Bar, Inc., 414 F. 2d 195 (1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 909, 90 S.Ct. 906, 25 L.Ed.2d 89 (1970) ; DeLong Corp. v. Oregon State Highway Comm., 343 F. 2d 911 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 382 U.S. 877, 86 S.Ct. 161, 15 L.Ed.2d 119 (1965) (tending to show no jurisdiction). . Missouri, K. & T. R. Co. v. Missouri R.…
  • United States v. Perl, 584 F.2d 1316 (4th Cir. 1978)
    …Defendant next contends that the district court erred in giving a so-called “Berrigan ” instruction. See United States v. Berrigan, 283 F.Supp. 336 (D.Md.1968), aff’d sub nom., United States v. Eberhardt, 417 F. 2d 1009 (4 Cir. 1969), cert. denied, 397 U.S. 909, 90 S.Ct. 907, 25 L.Ed.2d 90 (1970). In essence, this portion of the charge instructed the jury that moral convictions or adherence to a “higher law” constitute no legal justification for criminal activity.6 Defendant asserts that it was improper fo…

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