Legal Opinion
Serv. Women's Action Network v. Mattis
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 1, 2018No. Case No. 12-cv-06005-EMCPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD M. CHEN, United States District Judge
The instant action was initially filed in November 2012. The plaintiffs at that time included individuals as well as the Service Women's Action Network ("SWAN"). They challenged as unconstitutional "the official policy of the Department of Defense ('DoD') that categorically excludes ... women[ ] from assignments to units whose primary mission is to engage in direct ground combat." Compl. ¶ 1. In January 2013, the then-Secretary of Defense announced that that policy (which dated back to 1994) was rescinded " 'effective immediately.' " See SAC ¶ 3. In…
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