13 Fair empl.prac.cas. 845, 13 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 11,328 Tejpal S. Sethy v. Alameda Co. Water District, (Three Cases). Tejpal S. Sethy v. Alameda Co. Water District, (Two Cases)

545 F.2d 1157 13 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 845 , 13 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 11,328 Tejpal S. SETHY, Appellee, v. ALAMEDA CO. WATER DISTRICT, Appellant (three cases). Tejpal S. SETHY, Appellant, v. ALAMEDA CO. WATER DISTRICT et al., Appellees (two cases). Nos. 73-1852, 73-2734, 73-2802, 73-3333 and 73-3334. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Sept. 20, 1976. Rehearing Denied Oct. 26, 1976. William C. Wunsch (argued), of Faulkner, Sheehan & Wunsch, Jay R. Mayhall (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for Alameda County Water Dist. Russel W. Galloway, Jr. (argued), of Legal Aid Society of Alameda County, Oakland, Cal., for Tejpal S. Sethy. Before CHAMBERS, BROWNING, KOELSCH, DUNIWAY, ELY, HUFSTEDLER, WRIGHT, TRASK, CHOY, GOODWIN, WALLACE, SNEED and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: 1 The Alameda County Water District, asserting a defense of governmental immunity, appeals a judgment for damages for Tejpal Sethy and an order of re-employment in an action based upon racial discrimination. Sethy cross-appeals from a companion judgment for the individual defendants. 2 Sethy, a brown-skinned person of East Indian descent, was hired in 1963 as an engineering technician by the…