SPRINGER v. SEAMEN

No. 86-1809.

821 F.2d 871 (1987)

Beresford N. SPRINGER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Gretchen SEAMEN, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Lichten, Portland, Me., with whom Angoff, Goldman, Manning, Pyle, Wanger & Hiatt, P.C., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Theodore H. Kirchner, Portland, Me., for Michael Seaman.

Paula D. Silsby, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Richard S. Cohen, U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., was on brief, for Gretchen Seaman, Dorothy McGlincey and U.S. Postal Service.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SELYA, Circuit Judge.


ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Beresford Nelson Springer (Springer), an independent contract postal carrier, alleges that the United States Postal Service (Postal Service) terminated his contract on May 21, 1985, as a result of an improper investigation instigated by the racially motivated misconduct of the individual defendants, Dorothy McGlincey, Postmaster of the Town of West Newfield; her son, Michael Seaman, a town selectman; and her daughter-in-law, Gretchen...

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