High Tech Gays v. Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office

895 F.2d 563 60 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1435 , 52 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 39,608 , 58 USLW 2473 HIGH TECH GAYS; Timothy Dooling, and all others similarly situated; Joel Crawford; and Robert Weston, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL SECURITY CLEARANCE OFFICE; Director, Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office; Defense Investigative Service; Director of Defense Investigative Service; Secretary of Defense, Defendants-Appellants. No. 87-2987. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 16, 1988. Decided Feb. 2, 1990. Jay S. Bybee, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. Richard Gayer, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Matthew A. Coles, San Francisco, Cal., for amicus, American Civ. Liberties Union of Northern California, Inc. Stephen V. Bomse, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, Cal., for amicus, National Gay Rights Advocates. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before BRUNETTI and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and CURTIS, * Senior District Judge. BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge: 1 The plaintiffs-appellees challenge whether the…