WILLIAMS v. GORTON

No. 74-2627.

529 F.2d 668 (1976)

Ralph L. WILLIAMS and Mary Jane Williams, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Slade GORTON and Sally Gorton, his wife, etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennings P. Felix (argued), Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Angelo R. Petruss, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Olympia, Wash., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWNING and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and LUCAS, District Judge.


OPINION

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Ralph Williams,1 a resident of California, brought this Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985) and diversity defamation action against Slade Gorton, the Attorney General of Washington, and fifty unnamed defendants. The district court dismissed the action on Gorton's motion. Williams appeals.2 We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

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