Wallace v. Chappell

637 F.2d 1345 27 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,293 Vernon WALLACE, Robert Lemons, Cornelius Hickey, James Richardson and George Shannon, Appellants, v. Commander George C. CHAPPELL, Lieutenant Commander Kenneth Viafore, Lieutenant Clarence Schultz, Lieutenant Barron Bianco, Lieutenant Kenneth Jordan, EMC Richard McCannon, ICC David Lamser, MSC Lumberto Papa, Appellees. No. 79-3172. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 16, 1980. Decided Feb. 2, 1981. John Murcko, Oakland, Cal., for appellants. Edward F. Kolker, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, GOODWIN, KENNEDY, SKOPIL, FARRIS, PREGERSON, ALARCON, POOLE, FERGUSON, NELSON and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. 1 Plaintiffs, enlisted United States Naval personnel, sued certain of their superior officers for money damages and injunctive relief for alleged racial discrimination in job assignments, schooling, punishment, quarterly marks and skill ratings. They sought redress under 42 U.S.C. § 1985 and its jurisdictional counterpart, 28 U.S.C. § 1343 . The district court…