Hoptowit v. Ray

682 F.2d 1237 9 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 1511 Frederick HOPTOWIT, Rick Rinier, Steven Hopkins, David Rivera, Robert Smith, Leo Victoria, Tim Adamson, Larry Camarillo, Daniel Atteberry, Carl Harp, Gary Isaacs, Lynn Brooks, Daniel Clark, Manuel Rampola, John Wait, and Kenneth Holden, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dixy Lee RAY, Gerald Thompson, John Shaughnessey, Robert Tropp, W. Edward Naugler, M.D., James Spalding, Larry Kinchloe, James Cummins, Stanley Hansen, Donald Talbot, Robert Benzel, Charles Crow, Parley Edwards, Zane Massaro, Philip Mathieson, Raymond Miears, Patrick Nugent, Randy Patterson, Richard Piver, Richard Pontsler, and Geoffrey Proctor, Defendants-Appellants. No. 80-3366. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 6, 1981. Decided Feb. 16, 1982. Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied Aug. 9, 1982. William C. Collins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., Charles Ory, Asst. U.S. Atty., Spokane, Wash., argued for defendants-appellants; Carol A. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., on brief. John B. Midgley, Seattle, Wash., argued, for plaintiffs-appellees; Steve Scott, Seattle, Wash., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the…