Legal Opinion
Mattingly v. Newport Offshore, Ltd.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided January 23, 1986No. Civ. A. 85-0757-SPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
In April of 1985, James R. Mattingly, a self-proclaimed whistleblower, instituted a civil action in the state superior court claiming in substance that his employer, Newport Offshore, Ltd. (NOL), a defense contractor, had unlawfully discharged him in retaliation for Mattingly’s attempts to halt creative accounting practices whereby NOL, in the plaintiff’s estimation, was fleecing the United States Navy. His complaint charged breach of an employment contract and breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. NOL answered and…
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