Legal Opinion
Sergeant Perry Watkins v. United States Army
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 3, 1989No. 85-4006PublishedCited by 232 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
The United States Army denied Sgt. Perry J. Watkins reenlistment solely because he is a homosexual. The Army refused to reenlist Watkins, a 14-year veteran, even though he had been completely candid about his homosexuality from the start of his Army career, even though he is in all respects an outstanding soldier, and even though the Army, with full knowledge of his homosexuality, had repeatedly permitted him to reenlist in the past. The Army did so despite its longstanding policy that homosexuality was a nonwaivable disqualification for reenlistment. The issue before…
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