[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT









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          No. 95-1912



                             PICKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.,



                                Plaintiff - Appellee,



                                          v.



                          BRUCE LEAVITT AND THOMAS J. QUINN,



                               Defendants - Appellants.



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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 Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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               William  H.  West, with  whom  Stokes  & Bartholomew,  P.A.,
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          Richard C.  Heidlage and Heidlage & Reece, P.C. were on brief for
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          appellants.

               James  L.  Messenger, with  whom James  S. Dittmar,  Mark D.
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          Robins  and  Hutchins,  Wheeler  &  Dittmar  were  on  brief  for
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          appellee.







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                                   August 26, 1996

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                    Per Curiam.  After a complete and careful evaluation of
                    Per Curiam.
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          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.  Picker Internat'l Corp. v. Imaging
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          Equipment  Services, Inc., ___ F.  Supp. ___, 1995  WL 464918 (D.
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          Mass. 1995).



                    Affirmed.
                    Affirmed
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