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HASTEN v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO.

No. 77-1808.

640 F.2d 274 (1981)

William E. HASTEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY and American Stevedoring Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ivan of Ivan & Earnshaw, Shawnee Mission, Kan., for plaintiff-appellant.

David K. Fromme, Overland Park, Kan. (Weeks, Thomas, Lysaught, Bingham & Mustain, Chartered, Overland Park, Kan., were with him on brief) for defendant-appellee, American Stevedoring Corp.

Robert D. Benham, McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P. A., Kansas City, Kan., on brief for defendant-appellee, Phillips Petroleum Co.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and HOLLOWAY and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action plaintiff-appellant William E. Hasten seeks reversal of a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants-appellees Phillips Petroleum Company (Phillips) and American Stevedoring Corporation (American). The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for an allegedly malicious libel by a letter to him from American notifying him of his discharge from employment on the asserted...

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