Bollow v. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

650 F.2d 1093 William R. BOLLOW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Louis E. Reilly, Does I through XX, Inclusive, Defendants- Appellees. CA No. 79-4414. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 10, 1981. Decided July 13, 1981. As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Oct. 9, 1981. William R. Bollow, pro se. Donald D. Connors, Jr., George C. Stoll, San Francisco, Cal., argued for defendants-appellees; James L. Meeder, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, George C. Stoll, San Francisco, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before TRASK and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, * District Judge. TRASK, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellant Bollow was terminated by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (the Bank) after eleven years of employment as a regulatory attorney specializing in the Bank Holding Company Act. Bollow alleges breach of contract, constitutional, and tort claims against the Bank and several of its officers. He also alleges that he was fired because he uncovered allegedly illegal regulatory…