MARTIN v. DeSILVA

No. 77-1338.

566 F.2d 360 (1977)

John T. MARTIN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Rudolph H. DeSILVA et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph C. Copeland, Wellesley, Mass., with whom Baldwin, Copeland & Hession, Wellesley, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

John M. Harrington, Jr., Boston, Mass., with whom Thomas B. Wheatley and Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for New England Tel. & Tel. Co., defendant, appellee.

Before ALDRICH and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges, JULIAN, District Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Martin appeals from a portion of an order dismissing his invasion of privacy suit against defendant New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.1 He does not contest the ruling that he has no federal cause of action against this defendant, but argues that the district court misinterpreted state law in denying his state statutory and common law claims.2 We affirm the judgment of...

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