State v. Van Zanten

How courts have described this case

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

• “We join six other circuits in concluding that the military may exclude those who engage in homosexual acts as defined in [10 U.S.C.] § 654(f)(3)(A).”
• First Amendment not violated by using service member's declaration of homosexuality as evidence of engaging in conduct inconsistent with military activity
• First Amendment not violated by using service member's declaration of homosexuality as evidence of engaging in conduct inconsistent with military activity
• “Military leaders have determined that excluding those with a propensity to engage in homosexual acts, like providing separate housing for men and women, reduces sexual tensions that would jeopardize unit cohesion, the cornerstone of an effective military.”
• relying on cases predicated on Bowers

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).