David Lewis Keith v. Leo Beach

Appellant is subject to the Military Selective Service Laws and as such is a registrant with Local Board No. 12, Selective Service System, Corvallis, Oregon (hereinafter the “Board”).

Appellees, as indicated in the caption, comprise the five-man membership of the Board, except for appellee Hicks, who is State Director of the Selective Service Board for Oregon.

The Board duly classified Keith in Class I-A on or about February 24, 1968. On approximately the same date, appellant filed with the Board a completed Selective Service Form No. 150, making application for classification 1-0 (conscientious objector). The registrant’s file was received by the Board and he was retained in a I-A classification. Sometime later Keith was invited to appear before the Board for the purpose of a reconsideration of his classification status. Two members of the Board conducted this interview and later the entire Board voted 5 to 0 to continue the registrant in Class I-A. Keith requested and was afforded, on June 12, 1969, still another personal appearance. Once more only two members were in attendance at the hearing but again a majority of the Board voted, 4 to 0, to reject the application for…