Legal Opinion
Able v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 3, 1995No. 965, Docket 94-6181PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Per curiam
BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs, six gay or lesbian members of the armed forces, filed suit in the Eastern District of New York (Eugene H. Nickerson, Judge) challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted federal law and implementing regulations governing military service by homosexuals. The law, embodying the new “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, mandates separation of any service member who states that he or she is homosexual unless that person can show “that he or she is not a person who engages in, attempts to engage in, has a propensity to engage in, or intends to engage in homosexual…
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