Michael B. Shaffer v. Hon. James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense

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• involving the question whether an individual’s conscientious objector beliefs were sincerely held
• “cases are legion which hold that the timing of an application for conscientious objector status is not a sufficient basis in fact to support a finding of insincerity”
• \cases are legion which hold that the timing of an application for conscientious objector status is not a sufficient basis in fact to support a finding of insincerity\
• fact that petitioner's beliefs crystallized after only one month of active service is insufficient basis in fact to support finding of insincerity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).