Legal Opinion
Velázquez-García v. Horizon Lines of Puerto Rico, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 4, 2007No. 06-1082PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case presents an issue of the proper allocation of the burden of proof in cases of alleged discriminatory treatment under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA”), 38 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq. This is the first time that we have been called upon to address this issue. Plaintiff-appellant Carlos Velázquez-García (“Velázquez”) sued his former employer, defendant-appellee Horizon Lines of Puerto Rico (“Horizon”), alleging that he had been fired from his job due to his military service, in violation of USERRA. The district court…
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