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BLACKIE v. STATE OF ME.

No. 95-1777.

75 F.3d 716 (1996)

Dana BLACKIE, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. STATE OF MAINE, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Lemieux, Readfield, ME, for appellants.

Peter J. Brann, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, and Thomas D. Warren, Assistant Attorney General, Augusta, ME, were on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, several probation officers employed by the State of Maine seek to evade the consequences of what they belatedly deem to be a Faustian bargain. The district court thought the probation officers' claim took too much license, and rejected it. See Blackie v. Maine, 888 F.Supp. 203 (D.Me.1995). The plaintiffs appeal.1 We affirm.

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