Owens v. Brown

ORDER GRANTING CLASS CERTIFICATION

SIRICA, District Judge.

The only serious objection to certifying this case as a [23]b(2) class action on behalf of Navy women stems from the concern voiced by defendants that some female personnel may not share plaintiffs’ desire to remove the statutory bar of 10 U.S.C. § 6015 (1970) that prevents their being assigned to duties aboard Navy vessels. Defendants point is not well taken for two principal reasons.

First, defendants have not substantiated their concern that there is actually an antagonism among Navy women concerning duty assignment aboard Navy ships.…