36 Fair empl.prac.cas. 148, 36 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 35,189 Eugene Satterwhite, and Frank J. Howard, Ray E. Meeks, and John W. Smith v. Richard Dale Smith and Jane Doe Smith, His Wife Jack A. Fabulich and Jane Doe Fabulich, His Wife Robert G. Earley and Jane Doe Earley, His Wife S. Reed Jones and Jane Doe Jones, His Wife William Ross and Jane Doe Ross, His Wife and the Port of Tacoma, Defendants-Cross

744 F.2d 1380 36 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 148 , 36 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 35,189 Eugene SATTERWHITE, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Frank J. Howard, Ray E. Meeks, and John W. Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard Dale SMITH and Jane Doe Smith, his wife; Jack A. Fabulich and Jane Doe Fabulich, his wife; Robert G. Earley and Jane Doe Earley, his wife; S. Reed Jones and Jane Doe Jones, his wife; William Ross and Jane Doe Ross, his wife; and the Port of Tacoma, Defendants-Cross Appellants. Nos. 83-3668, 83-3692. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 5, 1984. Decided Oct. 10, 1984. Clair Mancini, Gerald L. Hulscher, Dolack, Hansler, Hulscher, Burrows, Dayhoff & Barline, Tacoma, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants. Jocelyn J. Lyman, Bergman & Bauer, Seattle, Wash., James J. Mason, Tacoma, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee. On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and PREGERSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges. PREGERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Four black men--Frank Howard, Ray Meeks, John Smith, and Eugene Satterwhite--sued the Port of Tacoma and several of its officers for violating their…