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Government

May 6, 2011

Gay Servicemen's Suit Proceeds

A U.S. judge allows a lawsuit seeking the reinstatement of three gay military servicemen to proceed.


By Rebecca Beyer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A U.S. judge late Tuesday rejected the Obama administration's efforts to transfer a lawsuit seeking reinstatement for three gay military servicemen to an administrative court that would be powerless to order their reinstatement. Department of Justice attorneys argued that because the men were seeking credit toward their retirement for the time after their discharge under the now-repealed "don't as...

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