Summary Affirmance Denied In Title VII Suit By Member Of Armed Services

Mealey's (December 13, 2018, 10:45 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Nov. 30 denied a motion for summary affirmance filed by the secretary of the U.S. Department of the Navy in a discrimination case by a Marine Corps veteran and appointed an attorney as amicus curiae to present arguments in support of the veteran addressing whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to uniformed members of the armed services (Gary L. Jackson v. Richard V. Spencer, No. 18-5180, D.C. Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 34699)....