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HODGENS v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.

No. 97-1704.

144 F.3d 151 (1998)

John M. HODGENS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia E. Andrews, for appellant.

Barbara L. Sloan, Attorney, C. Gregory Stewart, General Counsel, J. Ray Terry, Jr., Deputy General Counsel, Gwendolyn Young Reams, Associate General Counsel, and Lorraine C. Davis, Assistant General Counsel, on brief, for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, amicus curiae.

Lynette Labinger, Roney & Labinger, Christopher M. Mulhearn, Tate & Elias on brief, for Rhode Island Affiliate American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

Neal J. McNamara, for appellee.

Corrie L. Fischel, Ann Elizabeth Reesman, and McGuiness & Williams on brief for Equal Employment Advisory Council, amicus curiae.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is the first time we have had occasion to construe the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA"), 29 U.S.C. § 2601-2619 (1994), which established important rights that protect millions of American employees.

Plaintiff John Hodgens sued his former employer, General Dynamics Corporation ("General Dynamics" or "GD"), for allegedly terminating his employment because he took...

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