VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA v. SECRETARY OF NAVY

Civ. A. No. 85-3208.

741 F.Supp. 1 (1990)

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SECRETARY OF the NAVY, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 31, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald S. Flagg, Joseph R. Guerra, Sidley & Austin, Barton F. Stichman, Vietnam Veterans of America Legal Services, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Michael Ambrosino, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

REVERCOMB, District Judge.

The plaintiffs brought this lawsuit on their own behalf and on behalf of similarly situated former members of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines challenging the defendant's interpretation of the Laird Memoranda which provide for recharacterization of those less than honorable discharges, issued prior to July 7, 1971, that were based solely on personal use or possession of drugs. This matter is before the...

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