Legal Opinion
Arnold v. Secretary of the Navy
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 21, 2020No. Civil Action No. 2019-2755Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RICHARD ARNOLD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil No. 19-2755 (JDB) SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This action is the latest in a long-running series of cases filed in this Court and elsewhere around the country by a group of Protestant U.S. Navy chaplains against the Navy, alleging that the Navy discriminated against them on the basis of their faith. Previously, as relevant here, three such cases were consolidated before this Court. In 2018 (after more than a decade of litigation), the Court granted summary…
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