August 11, 1994       [Not For Publication]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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          No. 93-2108

                                   DAVID MARGESON,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                        SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                       [Hon. Rya W. Zobel, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Selya, Circuit Judge,
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                            Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                              and Stahl, Circuit Judge.
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               Thomas Lesser and LESSER, NEWMAN, SOUWEINE & NASSER on brief
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          for appellant.
               John  B. Tewksbury, Karen M. Thursby, and JOHN J. C. HERLIHY
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          & ASSOCIATES on brief for appellee.
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                    Per  Curiam.    Appellant  having declined  to  file  a
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          response to the show-cause order heretofore issued by this court,

          we  summarily affirm  the  judgment below  on  the basis  of  the

          Supreme Court's opinion in  Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Gottshall,
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          62 U.S.L.W.  4609 (U.S. June  24, 1994).   See 1st  Cir. Loc.  R.
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          27.1.



                    Affirmed.  Costs to appellee.
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