Legal Opinion
Benjamin Blackburn v. United Parcel Service, Inc. Patricia Knowles
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 7, 1999No. 98-6075PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
In this diversity case, we are asked to review the District Court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant United Parcel Service (“UPS”), which was grounded on the view that the conduct of plaintiff Benjamin Blackburn did not constitute protected activity under the New Jersey “whistleblower” statute, the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (“CEPA”), N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 34:19-1 to -8. Being doubtful of the correctness of this conclusion of the District Court, we will assume that Blackburn has met his burden of establishing a prima facie case of…
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