Legal Opinion
Larch v. Mansfield Municipal Electric Department
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 3, 2001No. 00-2582PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
On February 2, 1998, the Board of Commissioners of the Mansfield Municipal Electric Department voted not to renew the contract of the Department’s manager, John Larch. Larch filed a complaint against the Department under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 185(b) (the “Whistleblower Statute”), and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that his employment had been unlawfully terminated in retaliation for his refusal to obey Commissioner Frank Colella’s order that he hire Michael Forbes, a friend of Colella’s, as an apprentice lineman/meter reader or meter reader. The case went to trial, and…
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