Legal Opinion
Able v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 23, 1998No. Docket No. 97-6205PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
Defendants United States of America, William S. Cohen and Rodney E. Slater (“the government” or “the United States”) appeal from the July 2, 1997 Memorandum and Order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Eugene H. Nickerson, Senior District Judge), which found that § 571(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal Year 1994 (the “Act”), codified at 10 U.S.C. § 654(b), which mandates the termination of a service member of the armed forces for engaging in homosexual conduct, violates the Equal Protection…
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