MATTINGLY v. NEWPORT OFFSHORE, LTD.

Civ. A. No. 85-0757-S.

57 B.R. 797 (1986)

James R. MATTINGLY v. NEWPORT OFFSHORE, LTD.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

January 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Decof & Grimm, R. Daniel Prentiss, Providence, R.I., for plaintiff.

Coffey, McGovern, Noel & Neal, Ltd., Charles J. McGovern and Licht & Semonoff, Anthony P. Muri, Providence, R.I., for defendant.

Winograd, Shine & Zacks, P.D., Allan M. Shine, Providence, R.I., for Creditors Committee.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SELYA, District Judge.

In April of 1985, James R. Mattingly, a self-proclaimed whistleblower, instituted a civil action in the state superior court claiming in substance that his employer, Newport Offshore, Ltd. (NOL), a defense contractor, had unlawfully discharged him in retaliation for Mattingly's attempts to halt creative accounting practices whereby NOL, in the plaintiff's estimation, was fleecing the United States Navy. His complaint...

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