Legal Opinion
9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1396, 6 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8896 Robert Wallace McKeand v. Melvin Laird, Secretary of Defense
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1974No. 71-2169PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
McKeand, an electronics engineer and an admitted homosexual, had been employed by a government contractor and was granted a secret security clearance in 1960. In 1967, his employer requested that MeKeand’s clearance be raised to top secret. Subsequent to an administrative investigation and hearing, primarily involving alleged homosexual activity, the hearing examiner concluded that “it is not clearly consistent with the national interest to grant Applicant [McKeand] security clearance at any level.” MeKeand’s administrative appeal was unsuccessful. The security…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Feaster v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Robert Larry Adams v. Melvin R. Laird, Secretary of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- McBride v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Clark Clifford, Secretary of Defense v. Dexter C. ShoultzCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Lukas E. Hoska, III v. United States Department of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Peggy BURTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CASCADE SCHOOL DISTRICT UNION HIGH SCHOOL NO. 5 Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- High Tech Gays v. Defense Industrial Security Clearance OfficeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- High Tech Gays v. Defense Industrial Security Clearance OfficeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Dubbs v. Central Intelligence AgencyDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1990
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