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{{Infobox SCOTUS case
  |Litigants=Parisi v. Davidson
  |ArgueDateA=October 19
  |ArgueDateB=20
  |ArgueYear=1971
  |DecideDate=February 23
  |DecideYear=1972
  |FullName=Joseph Parisi v. Phillip B. Davidson, et al.
  |USVol=405
  |USPage=34
  |ParallelCitations=92 S. Ct. 815; 31 [[L. Ed. 2d]] 17; 1972 [[U.S. LEXIS]] 90
  |Prior=''[[Certiorari]]'' to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  |Subsequent=
  |Holding=The District Court should not have stayed its hand in this case.
  |Majority=Stewart
  |JoinMajority=Burger, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun
  |Concurrence=Douglas
  |NotParticipating=Powell and Rehnquist
  |LawsApplied=
}}
'''''Parisi v. Davidson''''', 405 U.S. 34 (1972), was a [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] case resulting in the grant of [[habeas corpus]] relief to a [[soldier]], Joseph Parisi, seeking an [[honorable discharge]] as a [[conscientious objector]]. The case was argued on October 19 and 20, 1971, and decided on February 23, 1972. The [[respondent]] was then [[Major General]] [[Phillip Davidson|Phillip B. Davidson]].

Parisi had brought a petition to [[Federal District Court]] that the Army's refusal to discharge him constituted [[habeas corpus]] &ndash; that in effect he was being unlawfully imprisoned. As a result, [[court-martial]] charges were brought against him by the Army. The Federal District Court and [[Court of Appeals]] concluded that consideration of his petition should be deferred pending the result of the court-martial. The Supreme Court decision overturned this, freeing the District Court to consider his petition.

==See also==
*[[List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 405]]

==External links==
* {{caselaw source
 | case = ''Parisi v. Davidson'', {{ussc|405|34|1972|el=no}}
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 | googlescholar = https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5879546524294072756
 | justia =https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/405/34/case.html
 | loc =http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/usrep/usrep405/usrep405034/usrep405034.pdf
 | oyez =https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-91
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[[Category:United States Supreme Court cases]]
[[Category:United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court]]
[[Category:United States military case law]]
[[Category:American conscientious objectors]]
[[Category:1972 in United States case law]]
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