United States v. Sisson
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united-states-v-sisson-281-5637470
title:
United States v. Sisson
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United States v. Sisson, 399 U.S. 267 (1970), was a legal case decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1970. The case is related to Selective Service law. In this case, the jury recorded a verdict of guilt, but the judge then ordered an acquittal. The government appealed, but the Supreme Court held that the government had no power to appeal a verdict of acquittal, no matter how wrong the legal basis was for the acquittal. Sisson was "the first important case won by a selective conscientiou
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1970 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Sisson
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2023-09-13T03:21:25Z
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