Christoffersen v. Washington State Air National Guard

855 F.2d 1437 Alfred P. CHRISTOFFERSEN; William J. Gibson; Richard F. Main; and John R. Warn, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WASHINGTON STATE AIR NATIONAL GUARD; The Adjutant General of Washington State, Major General George Coates; Major General Robert J. Collins; The Washington State Treasurer, Robert S. O'Brien, Defendants-Appellees. No. 85-4315. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 7, 1986. Decided Aug. 31, 1988. Charles Matthew Anderson, Winston & Cashatt, Spokane, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants. John E. Lamp, U.S. Atty., and James R. Shively, Asst. U.S. Atty., Spokane, Wash., Lt. Col. Guy J. Sternal, Staff Judge Advocate, USAF, McCord AFB, Washington, D.C.; Ceil Holuk, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before POOLE, NORRIS and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. POOLE, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants are four former officers and civilian technicians of the Washington State Air National Guard (the Guard, or Washington Guard) who were selected for "nonretention" in the Guard by state Adjutant General Robert Collins pursuant to Air National Guard…