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NOLAN v. CN8

No. 10-2239.

656 F.3d 71 (2011)

Barry NOLAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CN8, the Comcast Network, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 29, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence P. Murray , with whom Laura R. Studen , Joshua N. Cook , and Burns & Levinson LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Joshua M. Davis , with whom Evan J. Shenkman , Asha A. Santos , and Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. were on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Barry Nolan, a regional television personality, was discharged from his employment with The Comcast Network, LLC ("Comcast") after he publicly protested the selection of political commentator Bill O'Reilly for a prestigious broadcasting award. In response to this discharge, Nolan filed in the Massachusetts Superior Court a claim of speech-motivated retaliation under the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act ("MCRA"), Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 12, §...

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