Legal Opinion
Able v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided July 2, 1997No. 94 CV 0974PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NICKERSON, District Judge:
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit remanded this case to this court to decide whether or not section 571(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal Year 1994, 10 U.S.C. § 654(b)(1) (the Act), complies with the Constitution. Able v. United States, 88 F.3d 1280 (2d Cir.1996).
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Plaintiffs, six homosexuals serving in the Armed Forces or the Coast Guard, brought the case to challenge 10 U.S.C. § 654(b) of the Act, by which Congress enacted the so-called “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy concerning homosexuals in…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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