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DOWNEN v. CHAFEE

Civ. No. 70-410.

328 F.Supp. 407 (1971)

Gail Waugh DOWNEN, Plaintiff, v. John H. CHAFEE, Secretary of the Navy, and Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. California.

June 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel B. Hunter, Hunter, Dougherty & Renshaw, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff.

Harry D. Steward, U. S. Atty., Keith E. McWilliams, Asst. U. S. Atty., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

THOMPSON, District Judge.

On January 31, 1969, plaintiff, a woman serving as a regular officer in the United States Marine Corps, was discharged from the service pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 2102.3c, Marine Corps Separation Manual,1 which requires termination of the commission of any woman serving in the Regular Marine Corps when it is reported that she "is the step-parent of a child under...

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