Adair v. England

MEMORANDUM OPINION

URBINA, District Judge.

Denying Without Prejudice the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment;

Denying Without Prejudice the Defendants’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment

I. INTRODUCTION

These cases come before the court on the parties’ cross-motions for partial summary judgment. The plaintiffs, current and former Navy chaplains and an ecclesiastical endorsing agency for military chaplains, bring these suits alleging that the Navy’s policies and practices favor one religious denomination over another in violation of the First Amendment’s Establishment and Free Exercise…