REPUBLIC SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMMING, INC. v. COMPUTER ASSISTANCE, INC.

No. 421, Docket 34663.

440 F.2d 996 (1971)

REPUBLIC SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMMING, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMPUTER ASSISTANCE, INC., Computer Assistance of Hartford, Inc., Andrew N. Vignola and N. Roger Geddes, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Egan, New Haven, Conn. (S. Robert Jelley, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, Conn., on the brief), for appellant.

Donald McPartland, Waterbury, Conn. (Upson, Secor, Greene & Cassidy, Waterbury, Conn., on the brief), for appellees Computer Assistance of Hartford, Inc. and Andrew N. Vignola.

Lewis Segal, Hartford, Conn. (Murtha, Cullina, Richter & Pinney, Hartford, Conn., on the brief), for appellee Computer Assistance, Inc.

Peter J. Carolan, Waterbury, Conn. (Jeremiah M. Keefe, Zipoli & Keefe, Waterbury, Conn., on the brief), for appellee N. Roger Geddes.

Before MEDINA, HAYS and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

We affirm on the opinion of Judge Blumenfeld in the district court. 322 F.Supp. 619 (D.Conn.1970).

It should be emphasized, as stated in the opinion, that the defendants' action violated no contractual obligation. Defendants, unlike the employees in Sperry Rand Corp. v. Rothlein, 241 F.Supp. 549, 554, 559 (D.Conn.1964), did not have employment contracts. To impose liability...

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