Legal Opinion
Mary Wilson Murphy v. Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1993No. 91-1393, 91-1402PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Senior Circuit Judge.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs appeals the district court’s 2 grant of a summary judgment in favor of a plaintiff claiming discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. The plaintiff, Mary Murphy, applied to become a Roman Catholic chaplain at hospitals operated by the United States Veterans Administration (VA). The VA rejected Murphy’s application- on the ground that its guidelines require that she be an ordained member of the clergy. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Murphy,…
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