Travers v. Flight Services & Systems, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• analogizing retaliation claim under the Wage Act to retaliation under the 6 Federal Labor Standards Act
• applying “but for” causation while stating “we need not decide the precise standard of causation that a plaintiff must meet to prove unlawful retaliation” under FLSA claim
• first citing Claudio-Gotay v. Becton Dickinson Caribe, Ltd., 375 F.3d 99, 102 (1st Cir. 2004); and then citing Smith v. Winter Place LLC, 851 N.E.2d 417, 421 (Mass. 2006)
• “A jury, in making the loss calculation, could . . . rely on [plaintiff’s] testimony about what he had lost and [was not] required instead to rely only on what [plaintiff] reported in terms of tip income.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Franchina v. Providence Fire Department
  First Circuit· 2018-01-25· cited 65×
• George v. National Water Main Cleaning Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-06-26· cited 17×
• Santiago Pineda v. JTCH Apartments, L.L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-12-19· cited 13×
• Segal v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2016-07-06
• Emigrant Residential LLC v. Pinti
  First Circuit· 2025-04-11
• Nashawaty v. Winnipesaukee Flagship Corp.
  D. New Hampshire· 2016-10-28

Cites

67 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Ilario M.A. Zannino
  First Circuit· 1990-01-10· cited 2,914×
• Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-24· cited 1,834×
• Brooklyn Savings Bank v. O'Neil
  Supreme Court· 1945-04-23· cited 1,263×
• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 1,060×
• McKennon v. Nashville Banner Publishing Co.
  Supreme Court· 1995-01-23· cited 967×
• Morgan v. Hilti, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 1997-03-18· cited 708×
• Hodgens v. General Dynamics Corp.
  First Circuit· 1998-05-21· cited 602×
• Astro-Med, Inc. v. Nihon Kohden America, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2009-10-22· cited 370×
• Weisgram v. Marley Co.
  Supreme Court· 2000-02-22· cited 353×
• Rodgers v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1947-11-10· cited 260×
• Jose L. Sanchez v. Puerto Rico Oil Company
  First Circuit· 1994-09-29· cited 227×
• Donovan v. Penn Shipping Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-02-22· cited 218×
• Texaco Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Department of Consumer Affairs
  First Circuit· 1995-07-19· cited 186×
• Tobin v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  First Circuit· 2009-01-23· cited 185×
• Wells Real Estate, Inc. v. Greater Lowell Board of Realtors
  First Circuit· 1988-06-23· cited 152×
• 53 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1814, 54 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,262 C. Roland Powers v. Grinnell Corporation, C. Roland Powers v. Grinnell Corporation
  First Circuit· 1990-09-24· cited 147×
• Scarfo v. Cabletron Systems, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1995-05-12· cited 139×
• Smith v. K-Mart Corporation
  First Circuit· 1999-05-26· cited 132×
• Lawrence Hill, (90-3923), Cross-Appellant (90-3826) v. Ronald C. Marshall, Terry Morris, (90-3803), Cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-07-23· cited 130×
• Kelley v. Airborne Freight Corp.
  First Circuit· 1998-04-07· cited 112×