Case Name: HABERMAN v. UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1942-12-11
Citations: 131 F.2d 1018
Docket Number: No. 10397
Parties: HABERMAN v. UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 131
Pages: 1018–1018

Head Matter:
HABERMAN v. UNITED STATES.
No. 10397.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 11, 1942.
Rolland Bradley, of Houston, Tex., for appellant.
William R. Eckhardt, 3d, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Houston, Tex., for appellee.
Before HUTCHESON, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Elton Julius Haberman, who claims to be a minister of religion, was given a 1-A classification by his local draft board. The Board of Appeals by unanimous vote also placed the registrant in Class 1-A. In due course Haberman was ordered by the local board to report for induction. Thereupon he appeared at the office of the local board, accompanied by his lawyer, and gave notice that he refused to be inducted. Having refused to report for induction, he was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to thirteen months imprisonment for violation of the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix § 311.
The trial court, after hearing the evidence, found that the classification of the appellant was not arbitrary or capricious saying: "I think he had a fair hearing before both boards, and I think both boards reached the correct conclusion in the case; that is, that he is not, under the Act, — no matter what he may be in the organization to which he belongs, a minister of religion
It is without dispute that appellant did not report for induction after having been lawfully ordered to do so. This constituted a violation of the Act. The judgment is affirmed on the authority of Buttecali v. United States, 5 Cir., 130 F.2d 172; Fletcher v. United States, 5 Cir., 129 F.2d 262; United States v. Grieme, 3 Cir., 128 F.2d 811.
Affirmed.