Legal Opinion
Sergeant Perry WATKINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES ARMY, Et Al., Defendants-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1983No. 82-3681PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
In this action for declaratory and injunc-tive relief, a serviceman with an exemplary performance record was not allowed to reenlist solely because he is an admitted homosexual. It is clear that the Army knew of Watkins’ sexual preference very early in his fourteen years with the service. However, in 1981 the Army promulgated new regulations requiring the discharge of any homosexual soldier notwithstanding the soldier’s performance record or character of service. The district court held that the Army was estopped from using those regulations as a bar to Watkins’…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Chappell v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Orloff v. WilloughbySupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Capt. Milbert Mindes v. Dr. Robert C. Seaman, Secretary of the United States Air ForceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Harmon v. BruckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Sergeant Perry Watkins v. United States ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- William Trerice v. Dan A. Pedersen, Captain, U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer, Uss RangerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Thomas W. Hill v. Department of Air Force, and Paul S. Britt Paul J. VallerieCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- Kyocera Corp. v. Prudential-Bache Trade Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Garrett v. LehmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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