Martin D. Collings v. Longview Fibre Company, Richard James Beamer James C. Banes James Miller Michael Shay Guy Yeager Billy R. Staggs Barry J. Reeves v. Longview Fibre Company

63 F.3d 828 4 A.D. Cases 1278 , 11 A.D.D. 21, 7 NDLR P 7 , 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6385 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 10 ,915 Martin D. COLLINGS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LONGVIEW FIBRE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. Richard James BEAMER; James C. Banes; James Miller; Michael Shay; Guy Yeager; Billy R. Staggs; Barry J. Reeves, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LONGVIEW FIBRE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 94-35410, 94-35417, 94-35418, 94-35424 to 94-35426, 94-35431 and 94-35434. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 8, 1995. Decided Aug. 14, 1995. David H. Putney, Yakima, WA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Lewis K. Scott, Lane, Powell, Spears, Lubersky, Portland, OR, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, Fred L. Van Sickle, District Judge, Presiding. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington; Wm. Fremming Nielsen, District Judge, Presiding. Before: BROWNING, BOOCHEVER, and NELSON, Circuit Judges. BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge: 1 Martin Collings and seven other former employees of Longview Fibre Company ("Longview") appeal the district court's summary…