Legal Opinion
In Re: Navy Chaplaincy
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 28, 2013No. Misc. No. 2007-0269PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION
GLADYS KESSLER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, current and former non-liturgical Protestant chaplains in the United States Navy (“Navy”), endorsing agencies for non-liturgical Protestant chaplains, and a fellowship of non-denominational Chris tian evangelical churches, bring this action against Defendants, Department of the Navy and several of its officials. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants discriminated against them on the basis of religion when making personnel decisions in violation of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause and the equal protection component of…
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