Legal Opinion
Paul E. Montplaisir v. Richard J. Leighton
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 11, 1989No. 88-1979PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
With apologies to the poet,1 this case is “here as on a darkling plain swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight.” But the darkness is more apparent than real: by ignoring the grating roar of partisan rhetoric and concentrating instead on what Congress purposed and what the Court has taught, ample illumination is to be found. In the light of reason and precedent, the district court’s dismissal of the action was proper.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
In 1981, appellants Paul Montplaisir, Richard Nemi, Roger Wilson, and Robert O’Connell were employed as air traffic…
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