Foster v. Tourtelltotte

704 F.2d 1109 William James FOSTER, Deceased through William James Foster, Jr., Special Administrator for the Estate of Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Wallace W. TOURTELLOTTE, M.D., Ph.D., Individually and as a Physician in the employ of the Veterans Administration, an Agency of the United States Government, H. Earl Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., Individually and as a physician in the employ of the Veterans Administration, an Agency of the United States Government, and Robert Nimmo, Individually and as Director of the Veterans Administration, an Agency of the United States Government, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 82-5415, 82-5694. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 10, 1983. Decided April 26, 1983. Richard Stanley Scott, Malley, Yelsky, Chernove & Scott, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Roger E. West, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before FLETCHER and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, * District Judge. PER CURIAM: 1 Appellant Foster, plaintiff below and now deceased, sued for and was granted a preliminary injunction…