OWENS v. BROWN

Civ. A. No. 76-2086.

455 F.Supp. 291 (1978)

Yona OWENS et al., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Harold BROWN, Secretary of Defense and W. Graham Claytor, Secretary of the Navy, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie M. Smith, Jill Laurie Goodman, Susan Deller Ross, New York City, Katherine A. Mazzaferri, Trudy Levy, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Michael J. Ryan, Lt. Arthur P. Leary, JAGC, USNR, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


ORDER GRANTING CLASS CERTIFICATION

SIRICA, District Judge.

The only serious objection to certifying this case as a [23]b(2) class action on behalf of Navy women stems from the concern voiced by defendants that some female personnel may not share plaintiffs' desire to remove the statutory bar of 10 U.S.C. § 6015 (1970) that prevents their being assigned to duties aboard Navy vessels. Defendants point is not well taken for two principal reasons.

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