Legal Opinion
Stephanie CRAWFORD, Appellant, v. General Robert E. CUSHMAN, Jr., Commandant, United States Marine Corps, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 23, 1976No. 75--7114PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal challenges, on due process and equal protection grounds, a now outmoded Marine Corps regulation which mandated the discharge of women Marines for pregnancy. The United States District Court for the District of Vermont, James S. Holden, Chief Judge, held that the regulation in question has a rational basis in terms of military readiness and mobility in addition to other practical, administrative considerations and did not operate against women as a class generally, reaching only women who became pregnant, so that it was constitutionally valid. Crawford v.…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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3Cited by104 opinions
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