Legal Opinion
Matthews v. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 12, 1997PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The plaintiff, Carleton Matthews, an African-American male, was terminated from his position as a forklift operator in the shipping department of the defendant’s, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.’s, Middleborough manufacturing facility on April 23, 1992, after he admitted to removing product *123(cranberry sauce) from the facility’s premises without authorization. The plaintiff grieved his termination to arbitration pursuant to his collective bargaining agreement, and the arbitrator concluded, in a written decision which was not appealed, that the plaintiff had been terminated for just cause. The…
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