GILBROOK v. CITY OF WESTMINSTER

Nos. 96-56306, 96-56375, 97-55314.

177 F.3d 839 (1999)

Paul GILBROOK; Michael Garrison; Don Herr; Hal Raphael; Dana Bowler; Joe Wilson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Davis, Reno & Courtney, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. CITY OF WESTMINSTER; Charles V. Smith; Craig Schweisinger; Tony Lam; Don S. Anderson; John T. Demonaco; Brian Mayhew, Defendants-Appellants. Paul Gilbrook; Michael Garrison; Don Herr; Hal Raphael; Dana Bowler; Westminster Fire Fighters Association, Local 2425; Joe Wilson; International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Davis, Reno & Courtney, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. City of Westminster; Charles V. Smith; Craig Schweisinger; Tony Lam; Don S. Anderson; John T. Demonaco; Brian Mayhew, Defendants-Appellees. Paul Gilbrook; Michael Garrison; Don Herr; Hal Raphael; Dana Bowler; Westminster Fire Fighters Association, Local 2425; International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO; Joe Wilson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Davis, Reno & Courtney, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee, v. City of Westminster; Charles V. Smith; Craig Schweisinger; Tony Lam; Don S. Anderson; John T. Demonaco; Brian Mayhew, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1999.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing July 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alison M. Turner, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Beverly Hills, California, for the defendants-appellants.

Lester Ostrov and Jan G. Levine, Fogel, Feldman, Ostrov, Ringler & Klevens, Santa Monica, California, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Duane W. Reno, Davis & Reno, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiff-intervenor-appellee.

Before: BROWNING, WIGGINS, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc July 15, 1999.*

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge:

This action involves claims by six individual firefighters against the City of Westminster (City) and ten individual defendants, each of whom was an officer and employee of the City. The City discharged four plaintiffs and disciplined the other two, after plaintiffs became embroiled in a bitter public controversy concerning...

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