Legal Opinion
Higgins v. New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided October 14, 1998No. Civ. 97-273-BPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
BRODY, District Judge.
In this civil rights action, Plaintiff Robert E. Higgins alleges that Defendant New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. discriminated against him on the basis of his sex, his sexual orientation, his disability, and his whistle-blowing activities. Plaintiff brings this action under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (“Title VII”), 42 U.S .C. § 2000e et seg., 1 Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Rehabilitation Act”), 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., the Maine Human Rights…
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