1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 545 F.2d
  5. 545 F.2d 1157 (1976)
 

SETHY v. ALAMEDA CO. WATER DIST.

Nos. 73-1852, 73-2734, 73-2802, 73-3333 and 73-3334.

545 F.2d 1157 (1976)

Tejpal S. SETHY, Appellee, v. ALAMEDA CO. WATER DISTRICT, Appellant (three cases). Tejpal S. SETHY, Appellant, v. ALAMEDA CO. WATER DISTRICT et al., Appellees (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Wunsch (argued), of Faulkner, Sheehan & Wunsch, Jay R. Mayhall (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for Alameda County Water Dist.

Russel W. Galloway, Jr. (argued), of Legal Aid Society of Alameda County, Oakland, Cal., for Tejpal S. Sethy.

Before CHAMBERS, BROWNING, KOELSCH, DUNIWAY, ELY, HUFSTEDLER, WRIGHT, TRASK, CHOY, GOODWIN, WALLACE, SNEED and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

The Alameda County Water District, asserting a defense of governmental immunity, appeals a judgment for damages for Tejpal Sethy and an order of re-employment in an action based upon racial discrimination. Sethy cross-appeals from a companion judgment for the individual defendants.

Sethy, a brown-skinned person of East Indian descent, was hired in 1963 as an engineering technician by the Alameda County Water District. He alleged that...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases