Legal Opinion
Christensen v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided May 18, 2005No. 00-355CPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LETTOW, JUDGE.
This class action is before the court on the parties’ motion for approval of their proposed settlement pursuant to Rule 23(e) of the Rules of the Court of Federal Claims (“RCFC”). The 104 members of the certified, opt-in class were colonels in the Air Force who had been selected for involuntary retirement by the Fiscal Year 1994B Colonel Selective Early Retirement Board (“Retirement Board” or “Board”). They alleged that the Retirement Board’s selections were tainted by an unconstitutional racial and gender preference, and they sought as damages monetary…
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