Legal Opinion
Able v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 2, 1994No. CV 94-0974PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
NICKERSON, District Judge:
Plaintiffs, six members of the United States Armed Services (the Services) who say they are gay and lesbian, brought this action against the United States and the Secretary of Defense for (a) a declaration that Section 571 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (the Act), 10 U.S.C. § 654, concerning the Service’s policy as to homosexuals, and Regulations issued under the Act, are invalid under the First and Fifth Amendments, and (b) an order enjoining the defendants from enforcing the Act and the Regulations.
By two orders,…
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