Court Opinion

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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 96-1650

                                     FRED DAVIS,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                     HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY, JOHN F. O'BRIEN,
                 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY,

                                Defendants, Appellees.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                       [Hon. Mark L. Wolf, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                            Cyr and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Fred Davis on brief pro se.
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            George R. Suslak and Stanton & Lang on brief for appellees.
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                                   OCTOBER 11, 1996
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                 Per  Curiam.  As the  record indicates, at  the time the
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            instant  case was filed in federal district court no judgment

            had  yet  entered  in  state court  on  the  counterclaim  of

            defendants/appellees.    Since   all  claims  had   not  been

            adjudicated, plaintiff/appellant had no right at that time to

            appeal  the  judgment  dismissing  his action.    See  Litton
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            Business Telephone  Systems, Inc.  v. Schwartz, 9  Mass. App.
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            Ct. 865, 865, 400 N.E.2d  281, 281 (1979) (dismissing  appeal

            "because the judgment entered .  . . does not dispose of  the

            counterclaim").  Consequently, he suffered no injury from the

            alleged failure of the state court to assemble his record for

            appeal.

                 Affirmed.
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