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GAY VETERANS ASS'N, INC. v. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

No. 87-5349.

850 F.2d 764 (1988)

GAY VETERANS ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Appellants v. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan D. Bennett, with whom Michael J. McDonald, Barton F. Stichman, Arthur B. Spitzer and Elizabeth Symonds, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

E. Roy Hawkens, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. and Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge, and PARKER, Senior District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Opinion Per Curiam.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs Janet Black, Lilli Vincenz, and Walter Clark, Jr., were discharged as Class II Homosexuals during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Though they accept the validity of the discharges,1 they now appeal from the district court's decision affirming the military's refusal to upgrade the status of their discharges to Honorable 668 F.Supp. 11. Specifically...

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