Legal Opinion
Robert F. Christian, II v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided July 29, 2003No. 19-2331PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The Court of Federal Claims held that the proceedings by which an Army Board recommended the involuntary retirement of certain Army officers were constitutionally invalid because of instructions by the Secretary of the Army that the Board give minority and female officers preferential treatment. The court further held that the harmless error concept was inapplicable in this case. The result of the latter ruling was that many non-retained white male officers who would not have been retained even if the Board had not given preferential treatment to minority and…
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