ALSTON v. INTERNATIONAL ASS'N OF FIREFIGHTERS

No. 20-1434.

998 F.3d 11 (2021)

Gerald ALSTON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS, LOCAL 950, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooks A. Ames , with whom Brookline Justice League, was on brief, for appellant.

John M. Becker , with whom James Racine , and Sandulli Grace, P.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch and Selya, Circuit Judges, and Laplante, District Judge.


Plaintiff-appellant Gerald Alston's supervisor left him a voicemail containing the most inflammatory of racial slurs. The message triggered a lengthy series of events that Alston says culminated in his firing six years later. Alston did not go quietly into this bleak night but, rather, sued in the federal district court alleging...

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