NOONAN v. STAPLES, INC.

No. 07-2159.

556 F.3d 20 (2009)

Alan S. NOONAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. STAPLES, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Sibbison, with whom Richard M. Gelb, Stamenia Tzouganatos, Daniel K. Gelb, and Gelb & Gelb LLP, were on brief for appellant.

Ariel D. Cudkowicz, with whom Krista Green Pratt and Seyfarth Shaw LLP, were on brief for appellee.

Before: TORRUELLA, WALLACE, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Alan S. Noonan was fired from his job as a salesman at Staples, Inc. for allegedly padding expense reports. A Staples executive then sent a mass e-mail to about 1,500 employees informing them that Noonan had been fired for violating the company's travel and expense policy. Staples also denied Noonan his severance benefits and refused to allow him to exercise his stock options, claiming that, under the terms of the agreements setting forth...

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