Legal Opinion
Dana Blackie v. State of Maine
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 30, 1996No. 95-1777PublishedCited by 366 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, several probation officers employed by the State of Maine seek to evade the consequences of what they belatedly deem to be a Faustian bargain. The district court thought the probation officers’ claim took too much license, and rejected it. See Blackie v. Maine, 888 F.Supp. 203 (D.Me.1995). The plaintiffs appeal. 1 We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
The subsidiary facts are not in serious dispute. Beginning in 1978, collective bargaining agreements between the State of Maine and certain state workers stipulated that those employees whose positions demanded that they…
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3Cited by366 opinions
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