Legal Opinion
Vietnam Veterans of America v. Secretary of the Navy
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 31, 1990No. Civ. A. 85-3208PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
REVERCOMB, District Judge.
The plaintiffs brought this lawsuit on their own behalf and on behalf of similarly situated former members of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines challenging the defendant’s interpretation of the Laird Memoran-da which provide for recharacterization of those less than honorable discharges, issued prior to July 7, 1971, that were based solely on personal use or possession of drugs. This matter is before the Court pursuant to the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment on counts two and three of plaintiffs’ complaint.
A. Prior History
In the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Orloff v. WilloughbySupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Vietnam Veterans of America v. Secretary of the Navy, (Two Cases). Vietnam Veterans of America v. Secretary of the NavyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Poindexter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Private Paul v. Winters, Jr. v. United States of America, Major General Louis J. FieldsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Vance v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1977
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3Cited by5 opinions
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