Legal Opinion
Maureen M. Britell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided June 24, 2004No. 03-1282PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHEL, Circuit Judge.
Defendanb-Appellant United States (“the government”) appeals from the May 29, 2002 Order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granting summary judgment to Plaintiff-Appellee Maureen M. Britell (“Britell”) in this Little Tucker Act case seeking reimbursement for the cost of an abortion. The district court ruled that 10 U.S.C. § 1093(a) violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution under a rational-basis review because its ban on funding abortions could not be justified on the basis of the…
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