BOTT v. AMERICAN HYDROCARBON CORPORATION

No. 29379.

441 F.2d 896 (1971)

G. R. BOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN HYDROCARBON CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Mund, Beverly Hills, Cal., Michael Lowenberg, Dallas, Tex., Fulop, Rolston & Burns, Beverly Hills, Cal., and Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Dean Carlton, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Bott brought two identical suits against the appellee American Hydrocarbon Corporation (AHC), a Delaware corporation, his former employer. The first was filed in United States District Court in Texas, the second a few months later in the state courts of California. Both were on the same cause of action and concerned claims that arose in California.

The California action was removed...

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