Legal Opinion
Astrid L. Portela-Gonzalez v. Secretary of the Navy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 27, 1997No. 96-1460PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, plaintiff-appellant Astrid L. Portela-Gonzalez (Pórtela) challenges a summary judgment entered in favor of the Navy. 1 Although our reasoning differs in one salient respect from that employed by the court below, we affirm the judgment. See Hachikian v. FDIC, 96 F.3d 502, 504 (1st Cir.1996) (explaining that an appellate court is not committed to the trial court’s rationale, but may affirm on any alternative ground made manifest by the record).
1. BACKGROUND
The facts essential to our review are largely uncontested. Pórtela worked for nearly three decades as a…
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