Hyatt v. Northrop Corporation

80 F.3d 1425 131 Lab.Cas. P 58,122 , 11 IER Cases 1020 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2529 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4196 Michael A. HYATT, aka, Brian Hyatt, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, United States of America, ex rel. Michael A. (Brian) Hyatt and John W. King, Plaintiff, v. NORTHROP CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Nos. 94-55578, 94-55638. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 15, 1995. Decided April 11, 1996. Philip J. Ganz, Jr., Laurie Susan Gorsline, Law Offices of Hardy L. Thomas, Los Angeles, California, and Linda R. MacLean and Phillip E. Benson, Law Offices of Phillip E. Benson, Newport Beach, California, for the plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee. Carolyn B. Kuhl and Marc A. Becker, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee-cross-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, David V. Kenyon, District Judge, Presiding; No. CV-86-06437-KN. Before THOMAS G. NELSON and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and WILKEN, * District Judge. T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge: OVERVIEW 1 Michael A. Hyatt, a former Northrop Corporation (Northrop) employee,…