The collection consists almost entirely of legal papers filed in the course of Able v. United States (1994-1998) and its predecessor, Doe v. Aspin (1993), together with transcripts of a small number of newspaper and magazine articles concerning the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, two ACLU press releases concerning the case, several pamphlets concerning gays in the military, and a small correspondence file. The legal papers are incomplete, in particular for the Circuit Court and later District Court proceedings. Among the missing materials is Judge Eugene H. Nickerson's decision (favorable to the plaintiffs) in the second of the two District Court trials on the merits of the case, issued on July 2, 1997; however, the materials in the collection include copies of all other judicial decisions. The correspondence file contains a copy of Osborn's letter in June 1993 to Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer announcing his impending court challenge to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, and their responses.