Legal Opinion
Meister v. Texas Adjustant General Department
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 28, 2000No. 99-50935PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Linda Meister is a civilian state employee of the Texas Adjutant General’s Office. She brought several Title VII claims related to her work, but the district court dismissed all of them. The district court concluded that her claims were “incident to military service” and held that they were non-justiciable under Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135, 71 S.Ct. 153, 95 L.Ed. 152 (1950). We conclude, however, that Feres is inapplicable to civilian jobs in the state military departments of Texas. Instead of applying Feres, the court should have dismissed one of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Paul W. Douglass v. United Services Automobile AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Chappell v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. StanleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. ShearerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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