First Circuit· 8/29/2011

Nolan v. CN8

Citations

656 F.3d 71
32 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1293
2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 18002
2011 WL 3795606

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noting that- in the employment context, “the Supreme Judicial Court’s cases demonstrate ... that some contractual entitlement to one’s position is necessary, but not necessarily sufficient, to show that an employee’s termination is coercive in the relevant sense”
describing the differences between the SJC’s treatment of contractual and at- will employees under the MCRA
discussing the relevant case law and what makes at-will employees different from contract employees
finding no coercion where employer had discretion to terminate plaintiff “for his campaign- of public protest,” and did not breach its contract or deprive plaintiff “of future economic gain to which he was rightfully entitled”

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Judges: Torruella, Selya, Lipez

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