Pilotto v. United States Parole Commission

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a service member’s statement indicating a likelihood of homosexual acts “can be rationally and reasonably viewed as reliable evidence” that the service member engages in or is likely to engage in homosexual acts
• rejecting equal protection challenge to discharge of servicemember who admitted homosexuality in part on the footing that the military does not have to take the risk that an admitted homosexual will not commit homosexual acts
• deciding issue under federal constitution
• “Homosexuals have suffered a history of discrimination and still do, though possibly now in less degree.”
• army regulation making homosexuality nonwaivable disqualification for service rationally related to military policy and regulation
• “Homosexuals have suffered a history of discrimination and still do, though possibly now in less degree.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).