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DeLIA v. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.

No. 09-2667.

656 F.3d 1 (2011)

Caroline DeLIA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC., Defendant, Appellee, Verizon Information Services Inc.; Verizon Superpages; Idearc Media Corp.; Verizon Directories Services-East Inc., n/k/a Idearc Media Services-East Inc.; Malvern Smallwood; Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 24, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Kiernan , with whom Bonner Kiernan Trebach & Crociata, LLP was on brief, for appellant.

Windy R. Catino , with whom John D. Hughes , Thomas H. Wintner and Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

This employment discrimination case presents a threshold question: Was plaintiff-appellant Caroline DeLia the defendant's employee? The district court answered in the negative and granted summary judgment to defendant-appellee Verizon Communications, Inc. on DeLia's state and federal statutory claims. The court also granted summary judgment to Verizon on various common law claims. After careful review of the record, we affirm.

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