Legal Opinion
Cochran v. Quest Software, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 29, 2003No. 02-2326PublishedCited by 316 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Brian Cochran sued his quondam employer, defendant-appellee Quest Software, Inc. (Quest), claiming, inter alia, (1) that Quest’s wrongful termination of his employment caused him to lose the benefit of valuable but unvested stock options; (2) that, prior to his firing, Quest unlawfully rescinded some stock options; and (3) that Quest shortchanged him in calculating the amount of options that had vested before his employment ended. The district court wrote a thoughtful rescript and granted summary judgment in the defendant’s favor. Cochran v. Quest…
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