
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            United States Court of Appeals                                For the First Circuit                                 ____________________          No. 97-2005                                   JOHN E. GIFFORD,                                Plaintiff - Appellant,                                          v.                             BRUCE STRUMPF, INC., ET AL.,                               Defendants - Appellees.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE                     [Hon. Morton A. Brody, U.S. District Judge]                                            ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                               Torruella, Chief Judge,                                          ___________                            Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge,                                    ____________________                              and Stahl, Circuit Judge.                                          _____________                                _____________________               Thomas R. Watson and McTeague, Higbee, MacAdam, Case, Watson               ________________     _______________________________________          & Cohen on brief for appellant.          _______               Richard W. Mulhern  and Kelly, Remmel  & Zimmerman on  brief               __________________      __________________________          for appellees.                                 ____________________                                  February 10, 1998                                 ____________________               Per Curiam.   After due consideration of the  record and the               Per Curiam.               __________          briefs in this case, we affirm the order of the district court.               Costs to be assessed against appellant.               Affirmed.                  Affirmed.               ________                                         -2-
