USCA1 Opinion

          January 10, 1995      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT





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          No. 94-1344

                                 JONATHAN R. MCNITT,

                                Plaintiff - Appellant,

                                          v.

                                   BIC CORPORATION,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 

                    [Hon. Paul J. Barbadoro, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                               Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                     Coffin and Campbell, Senior Circuit Judges.
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               David J. KillKelley for appellant.
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               Chester A. Janiak,  with whom  C. Mark Furcolo  and Burns  &
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          Levinson were on brief for appellee.
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                    TORRUELLA, Chief  Judge.  After a  complete and careful
                    TORRUELLA, Chief  Judge.
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          evaluation of the record  in light of the positions raised in the

          parties'  briefs and  at  oral argument,  we affirm  the district

          court's  decision  on  substantially   the  same  basis  as  that

          elucidated in the district  court's opinion at 846 F.  Supp. 1049

          (D.N.H. 1994).

                    Affirmed.
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