FRANKLIN v. TEXAS INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CORP.

Civ. A. No. 14422.

324 F.Supp. 808 (1971)

Robert O. FRANKLIN v. TEXAS INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

April 6, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Patrick Phillips, Peters, Ward, Johnson & Phillips, Shreveport, La., for plaintiff.

John M. Shuey, Shuey, Smith & Carlton, Shreveport, La., for defendant.


OPINION

DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

In this diversity action, complainant alleges breach of a personal services employment contract by discharge without legal cause and seeks pecuniary damages. Defendant denies liability.

In June or July of 1967, Franklin was approached by a representative of Texas International Petroleum Corporation (formerly Nordon Corporation, Ltd.— hereinafter "Tipco") about the possibility of employment with that company. The...

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