Case Name: NICHOLSON v. UNITED STATES; LOWERY v. SAME
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1944-04-12
Citations: 141 F.2d 981
Docket Number: Nos. 10778, 10791
Parties: NICHOLSON v. UNITED STATES. LOWERY v. SAME.
Judges: Before SIBLEY, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 141
Pages: 981–981

Head Matter:
NICHOLSON v. UNITED STATES. LOWERY v. SAME.
Nos. 10778, 10791.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 12, 1944.
Rehearing Denied May 15, 1944.
J. Malcolm Johnson, Jr., of Miami, Fla., for appellants.
Herbert S. Phillips, U. S. Atty., of Tampa, Fla., and Ernest L. Duhaime, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Miami, Fla., for appellee.
Before SIBLEY, McCORD, and WALLER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellants each claimed they were ministers of religion in registering, but after due appeals were classified as conscientious objectors by their draft boards, and ordered to report for work of national importance under civilian direction. They each declined to do so, and were indicted. They sought on their trials in several ways to controvert the classification given them, and to establish their exemption from the jurisdiction of the draft boards as being in truth ministers of religion. The trial court refused to hear evidence on the subject, holding the action of the boards to be final in the trial of the criminal case. The questions raised are precisely dealt with and adversely determined by the Supreme Court in Nick Falbo v. United States, 64 S.Ct. 346.
The judgment in each case is affirmed.