Kovach v. Middendorf

STEEL, Senior District Judge:

In this civil rights action plaintiff alleges that her equal protection rights under the Fifth Amendment have been violated by the discriminatory policy of the United States Navy in granting a disproportionately low number of NROTC four year and two year scholarships to women vis-a-vis men and in establishing disparate standards of eligibility. Plaintiff further alleges that 10 U.S.C. § 6015 which bars women from serving upon combat vessels and is the basis for the discriminating scholarship policy also establishes a constitutionally impermissible classification.…