John E. Bates v. Commander, First Coast Guard District

How courts have described this case

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• “hearing officer’s subjective interpretation of petitioner’s beliefs, when the Court has said the question is essentially an objective one,” is “disturbing”
• “The chaplain reported, ‘I believe Bates is honest about his position as a conscientious objector. * * * I recommend approval of his request to be discharged as a conscientious objector.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).