Legal Opinion
Crawford v. Davis
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 12, 1966No. Civ. A. 39181PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
The instant matter is before this Court on a motion for a preliminary injunction. The plaintiff, Robert L. Crawford, a sergeant in the United States Army, seeks to prevent his discharge, by the Army, on grounds of homosexuality. 1 This Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.A. 2201 and 2202, and 5 U.S.C.A. 1009.
The plaintiff is a sergeant first class assigned to the United States Army Advisory Group in Wilmington, Delaware. He has served with the Army for seventeen years and eleven months — all of which time he has been on active duty. His current enlistment began…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- United States v. BayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Lewis L. Wayne v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Kenneth Wayne Nelson v. Charles K. Miller, Captain, United States Navy, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Charles W. Bard v. Robert C. Seamans, Secretary of the Air Force, and Major General Alton D. Slay, Commanding General, Lowry Air Force BaseCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- Staff Sergeant Agustin Correa v. Honorable William Graham Clayton, Jr., Secretary of the NavyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Vazquez v. CarverDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
- Simmons v. BrownDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1980
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