Legal Opinion
Ameen v. Amphenol Printed Circuits, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 26, 2015No. 14-1086PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Einstein instructs that time is relative to the observer.1 The observer in this case, defendant Amphenol Printed Circuits, Inc. (Amphenol) learned that one of its employees, plaintiff Murad Ameen, was shifting time by clocking out for lunch while still at work, and then, once back on the clock, leaving for a more leisurely lunch. A brief history of Ameen’s time revealed that he had been stealing time consistently for years. Unfortunately for Ameen, in Am-phenol’s view, time is money. Amphenol fired Ameen, and he filed suit alleging that the basis, for his termination…
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