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McKart v. United States - United States Supreme Court
395 U.S. 185 (1969)
Under the administrative exhaustion doctrine, parties must generally exhaust all possible administrative remedies before seeking judicial review. But there are exceptions to this rule as discussed by the United States Supreme Court in the nineteen sixty nine case, McKart versus United States.
Shortly after turning eighteen, Jack McKart registered with his local selective service board, indicating that he was the sole surviving son of a family that had already lost another son or daughter to war.
The board later classified McKart as exempt from military service as a sole surviving son. But the board reclassified McKart as available for service after his mother died, reasoning that the family unit stopped existing when she died. McKart didn't appeal his reclassification to the board, but he refused to report for his pre induction physical and for induction into the United States military.
Subsequently, McKart was charged with failing to report for induction into the United States military.
At the trial in federal district court, McKart's only defense was that he should have been exempt from service because his original classification as a sole surviving son was correct. The district court rejected that defense because McKart had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies by appealing his reclassification to the board. As a result, McKart was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. McKart appealed to the sixth circuit, which affirmed. McKart appealed once more, this time to the United States Supreme Court.
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McKart v. United States - United States Supreme Court
395 U.S. 185 (1969)
Under the administrative exhaustion doctrine, parties must generally exhaust all possible administrative remedies before seeking judicial review. But there are exceptions to this rule as discussed by the United States Supreme Court in the nineteen sixty nine case, McKart versus United States.
Shortly after turning eighteen, Jack McKart registered with his local selective service board, indicating that he was the sole surviving son of a family that had already lost another son or daughter to war.
The board later classified McKart as exempt from military service as a sole surviving son. But the board reclassified McKart as available for service after his mother died, reasoning that the family unit stopped existing when she died. McKart didn't appeal his reclassification to the board, but he refused to report for his pre induction physical and for induction into the United States military.
Subsequently, McKart was charged with failing to report for induction into the United States military.
At the trial in federal district court, McKart's only defense was that he should have been exempt from service because his original classification as a sole surviving son was correct. The district court rejected that defense because McKart had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies by appealing his reclassification to the board. As a result, McKart was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. McKart appealed to the sixth circuit, which affirmed. McKart appealed once more, this time to the United States Supreme Court.
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