Legal Opinion
Spain v. Ball
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 12, 1991No. 891, Docket 90-7818PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
Richard Jeffrey Spain appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Pierre N. Leval, Judge, dismissing his statutory and constitutional challenges to the United States Navy’s refusal to appoint him as a commissioned officer in the Medical Service Corps, but granting him leave to replead part of his complaint. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the dismissal of the complaint but reverse the grant of leave to replead.
In the spring of 1989, Spain began the application process for a commission as an officer in the Hospital…
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