Legal Opinion
Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches v. England
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 7, 2006No. 05-5143, 05-5144PublishedCited by 628 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.
BROWN, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, current and former Navy chaplains of “non-liturgical Protestant” faiths and their endorsing agency, brought suit alleging the Navy has unconstitutionally established and maintained a religious quota system for the promotion, assignment, and retention of Navy chaplains that disadvantages chaplains of non-liturgical Protestant faiths. In the midst of discovery, Appellants moved for preliminary and structural injunctions and for partial summary judgment. The district court denied the motion in its entirety,…
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