Rothe Dev. Corp. v. Dept. of Def.

Federal Circuit: November 4, 2008

Appeal from the Western District of Texas

Before: Michel, Mayer, Stearns

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Tagged: discrimination, first amendment

Authorities Cited: United States Code 10 U.S.C. § 2323 10 U.S.C. § 2323(a) 10 U.S.C. § 2323(c) 10 U.S.C. § 2323(e)(3)(A) 10 U.S.C. § 2323(k)(1) 15 U.S.C. § 637(d) 15 U.S.C. § 637(d)(3)(C)(ii) 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(2) 28 U.S.C. § 1346 Code of Federal Regulations 13 C.F.R. § 124.1002(c) 13 C.F.R. § 124.1017(a) 13 C.F.R. § 124.105(c)(1) 37 C.F.R. § 124.1017(a) 37 C.F.R. § 124.1021(c) 48 C.F.R. § 19.201(b) Supreme Court 438 U.S. 265, 291 448 U.S. 448, 491 476 U.S. 267, 273-278 480 U.S. 149, 171 481 U.S. 739 488 U.S. 469 515 U.S. 200, 223-239 517 U.S. 899, 909-910 540 U.S. 1027, 1032 Circuit Courts 836 F.2d 515, 518 952 F.2d 1346, 1349-1350 122 F.3d 895, 914-917 194 F.3d 622, 625 199 F.3d 206, 211-218 203 F.3d 782, 785 228 F.3d 1147, 1165-1173 262 F.3d 1306 321 F.3d 950, 954-977 330 F.3d 513, 522 345 F.3d 964, 969-970 381 F.3d 1178, 1190 407 F.3d 983, 992-1000 413 F.3d 1327 438 F.3d 448, 455 492 F.3d 1377, 1383 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c) 49 F. Supp. 2d 937, 954 324 F. Supp. 2d 840 499 F. Supp. 2d 775

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