50 Fair empl.prac.cas. 714, 50 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 39,202 Edward Temengil Justin Manglona Hiromi Rdiall Fred Heine Manuel Sablan Ramon Rechebei Charles Muller, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Janet McCoy High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands United States Department of the Interior Manuel Lujon, Jr., Secretary of the Interior United States of America, Defendants-Appellants/cross-Appellees

881 F.2d 647 50 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 714 , 50 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 39,202 Edward TEMENGIL; Justin Manglona; Hiromi Rdiall; Fred Heine; Manuel Sablan; Ramon Rechebei; Charles Muller, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. TRUST TERRITORY OF the PACIFIC ISLANDS; Janet McCoy, High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; United States Department of the Interior; Manuel Lujon, Jr., * Secretary of the Interior; United States of America, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees. Nos. 88-1548, 88-1639 and 88-1675. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 10, 1989. Decided July 28, 1989. Traylor T. Mercer, Carlsmith, Wichman, Case, Mukai & Ichiki, Saipan, MP; Jacob M. Lewis, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants/cross-appellees. Douglas F. Cushnie, Saipan, MP, for plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants. Appeal From the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. Before BROWNING, BEEZER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. BEEZER, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal stems from a class action employment discrimination suit brought by Asian…