Legal Opinion
High Tech Gays v. Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 19, 1987No. C 84-6078 TEHPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
THELTON E. HENDERSON, District Judge.
This case is a nationwide class action challenging the Department of Defense's policy of subjecting lesbian and gay applicants for Secret and Top Secret industrial security clearances to expanded investigations and mandatory adjudications because they are lesbian or gay. 1 The case requires the Court to decide whether the United States Constitution permits the Department of Defense, in the interest of national security, to subject citizens to expanded investigations because they seek and engage in emotional, affectional, and sexual relationships with…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Sergeant Perry J. Watkins v. United States ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- 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
- Sergeant Perry J. Watkins v. United States ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- BenShalom v. MarshDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1989
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