SERV. WOMEN'S ACTION v. SEC. OF VETERANS AFF.

No. 2014-7115.

815 F.3d 1369 (2016)

SERVICE WOMEN'S ACTION NETWORK, Vietnam Veterans of America, Petitioners v. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

March 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniela Nogueira , Rachel Tuchman , Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, New Haven, CT, argued for petitioners. Also represented by Michael Joel Wishnie ; Margaret Moog Middleton , Connecticut Veterans Legal Center, West Haven, CT.

Allison Kidd-Miller , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by Benjamin C. Mizer , Robert E. Kirschman, Jr ; David J. Barrans , Martie Adelman , Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

John Millian , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Public Health and Mental Health Specialists, Madelon Baranoski, Traci Cipriano, Shelley Geballe, Gregg Gonsalves, Catherine Lewis, Alice Miller, Howard Zonana.

Sandra Shin-Young Park , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., New York, NY, for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union, Futures Without Violence, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Protect Our Defenders. Also represented by Lenora M. Lapidus .

Paul Whitfield Hughes , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Members of Congress. Also represented by Charles Alan Rothfeld .

Marianne Hogan , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae National Veterans Legal Services Program. Also represented by Barton F. Stichman , National Veterans Legal Services Program, Washington, DC.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HUGHES. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge WALLACH.


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