Legal Opinion
Christoffersen v. Washington State Air National Guard
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1988No. 85-4315PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLE, Circuit Judge:
Appellants are four former officers and civilian technicians of the Washington State Air National Guard (the Guard, or Washington Guard) who were selected for “nonretention” in the Guard by state Adjutant General Robert Collins pursuant to Air National Guard Regulation (ANGR) 36-06. They were subsequently terminated as federal civil servants. Appellants brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against General Collins and the Guard claiming that the decisions not to retain them were based on personal animus and violated their rights to freedom of speech and procedural…
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