Legal Opinion

Victor E. Simas v. First Citizens' Federal Credit Union and Barbara M.W. Silva

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 2, 1999No. 98-1450PublishedCited by 127 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Victor E. Simas appeals the district court judgment which dismissed his complaint charging First Citizens’ Federal Credit Union (“Citizens”) and its president and CEO, Barbara M.W. Silva, with violating the “whis-tleblower” provisions of the Federal Credit Union Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1790b(a) (FCUA or “the Act”), by retaliating against him for having informed the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) that Citizens, notwithstanding its longstanding policy, had made a suspect commercial loan to a member of its board of directors. We vacate the district court…

2Cases cited45 opinions

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  4. Price Waterhouse v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by127 opinions

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