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RYAN v. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 76-4446.

577 F.2d 298 (1978)

John F. RYAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan D. Sullivan, Andrews, Tex., John F. Ryan, Laredo, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

George P. Kazen, Laredo, Tex., Richard P. Keeton, Houston, Tex., Louis Nizer, Neil A. Pollio, Martin Stein, New York City, for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

John F. Ryan, appellant in this diversity action, seeks recovery against Occidental Petroleum for actual and exemplary damages resulting from incidents surrounding Occidental's hiring, employment and discharge of Ryan from a position in an Occidental subsidiary in Venezuela. The district court granted Occidental's motion to dismiss several paragraphs (IV-VIII) of Ryan's complaint for failure to state a cause of action under F.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6)...

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