24 Fair empl.prac.cas. 289, 24 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,378 Ag 1 Dennis R. Beller v. The Honorable J. William Middendorf, Secretary of the Navy,defendants-Appellees. James Lee Miller v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, Mary Roseann Saal v. J. William Middendorf, Secretary of the United States Navy, in His Officialcapacity
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632 F.2d 788 24 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 289 , 24 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,378 AG 1 Dennis R. BELLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Honorable J. William MIDDENDORF, Secretary of the Navy, et al.,Defendants-Appellees. James Lee MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald H. RUMSFELD, Secretary of Defense, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Mary Roseann SAAL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J. William MIDDENDORF, Secretary of the United States Navy, in his officialcapacity, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 77-1354, 77-1671 and 77-2461. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 8, 1978. Decided Oct. 23, 1980. Rehearing Denied in No. 77-1354 Nov. 21, 1980. Richard P. Fox, Los Angeles, Cal., for Beller. John Vaisey, San Francisco, Cal., for Miller. James L. Browning, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., on brief; Harland F. Leathers, Washington, D.C., Mary C. Dunlap, San Francisco, Cal., for Middendorf. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before BROWNING and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENSEN, * District Judge. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge: 1 Although the factual and procedural settings of these three consolidated appeals differ, the broad outlines are similar:…