No. 89-35455

930 F.2d 748 137 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2136 George W. LANDIS; Larry R. Gralish; Paul Van Blaricom & Any and All Other Exempt Employees of Burlington Northern Entitled to the Labor Protective Conditions of Northern Lines, 331 ICC 228 (1967), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation; United States of America; Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-35455. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 8, 1990. Decided April 16, 1991. Owen Wales, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants. Richard Schreiber, Steptoe & Johnson, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee Burlington. John S. Koppel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee, U.S. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before TANG, NELSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges. TANG, Circuit Judge: 1 Upon his termination from Burlington Northern Railroad ("BN"), George W. Landis challenged BN's computation of his severance salary. An Interstate Commerce Commission ("ICC") order guaranteed Landis' severance salary. After referral to the ICC, the district court adopted the ICC's…