Middleton v. United States

After fifteen years as an enlisted man in the Navy, nine of them as a chief boatswain’s mate,1 plaintiff was given an undesirable discharge in November 1955. This came about because of an incident which is said to have occurred in a parked automobile in Norfolk, Virginia, on September 18, 1955. Plaintiff was arrested by the civil authorities on a charge of “visiting a place for immoral purposes” with another man. The detail of the accusation was that plaintiff committed, or attempted to commit, an act of perversion. He was convicted, the next day, in the Norfolk City Police Court but, on a de…