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JOHNSON v. ORR

Nos. 84-5859, 84-5860.

780 F.2d 386 (1986)

Roy A. JOHNSON and John J. Sheller, Appellees, v. Verne ORR, Secretary of the Air Force, Francis Gerard, Major General, Wilfred C. Menard, Jr., Major General, Colonel John Murphy, Brigadier General Charles Young, Air Commander Lt. Col. Billy McDaniel. Appeal of Air Commander Lt. Col. Billy McDANIEL, Appellant in No. 84-5859. Appeal of Wilfred C. MENARD, Jr., Major General, Colonel John Murphy, Brigadier General Charles Young, Appellants in No. 84-5860.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Roger Lunder, Major, Staff Judge Advocate, State of New York, Division of Military and Navy Affairs, Albany, N.Y., for amicus curiae Adjutants General Ass'n of U.S.

John K. Van de Kamp, Atty. Gen. of Cal., N. Eugene Hill, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert E. Murphy, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for amicus curiae State of Cal. and the Adjutant General of the California National Guard.

Gay Snyder, Martin R. Cohen (argued), American Federation of Government Employees, New Brunswick, N.J., Mark Roth, Gen. Counsel, American Federation of Government Employees, Washington, D.C., for appellees Johnson and Sheller.

Irwin I. Kimmelman, Atty. Gen. of N.J., Eugene Sullivan, Dorothy Donnelly (argued), Deputy Attys. Gen., Trenton, N.J., for appellant in 84-5859.

W. Hunt Dumont, U.S. Atty., Bette E. Uhrmacher (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Trenton, N.J., for appellants in 84-5860.

Before SEITZ, BECKER and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 17, 1986.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

The issue before us, on a certified question from the district court, 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) (1982), is whether Air National Guard ("ANG") technician supervisory personnel and the New Jersey Adjutant General act under color of state law for the purposes of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) when participating in personnel decisions resulting in the dismissal...

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