Legal Opinion
Cabán Hernández v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 1, 2007No. 06-1968PublishedCited by 363 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an employment discrimination case in which three ousted employees challenge the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of their quondam employer. After close perscrutation of a substantial record, we conclude (i) that we have jurisdiction over this appeal; (ii) that the lower court permissibly refused to consider the employees’ counter-statement of material facts; (in) that the employees knowingly and voluntarily released their claims (under both federal and local law) coincident with the termination of their employment; (iv) that those…
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