SATTERWHITE v. SMITH

Nos. 83-3668, 83-3692.

744 F.2d 1380 (1984)

Eugene SATTERWHITE, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Frank J. Howard, Ray E. Meeks, and John W. Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard Dale SMITH and Jane Doe Smith, his wife; Jack A. Fabulich and Jane Doe Fabulich, his wife; Robert G. Earley and Jane Doe Earley, his wife; S. Reed Jones and Jane Doe Jones, his wife; William Ross and Jane Doe Ross, his wife; and the Port of Tacoma, Defendants-Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clair Mancini, Gerald L. Hulscher, Dolack, Hansler, Hulscher, Burrows, Dayhoff & Barline, Tacoma, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jocelyn J. Lyman, Bergman & Bauer, Seattle, Wash., James J. Mason, Tacoma, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and PREGERSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Four black men — Frank Howard, Ray Meeks, John Smith, and Eugene Satterwhite — sued the Port of Tacoma and several of its officers for violating their civil rights under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, & 1985(3) (1982). After conducting a full trial on the merits, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington dismissed the claims of Howard, Meeks, and...

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