Clay v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1971-06-28

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Mr. Justice Harlan, concurring in the result. I concur in the result on the following ground. The Department of Justice advice letter was at least susceptible of the reading that petitioner’s proof of sincerity was insufficient as a matter of law because his conscientious objector claim had not been timely asserted. This would have been erroneous advice had the Department’s letter been so read. Since the Ap…

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