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WALKER v. MODERN REALTY OF MISSOURI, INC.

No. 81-2240.

675 F.2d 1002 (1982)

Alan E. WALKER, Appellant, v. MODERN REALTY OF MISSOURI, INC., John E. Tillotson, II, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Shafer, Jr., Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Knipmeyer, McCann, Fish & Smith, Kenneth O. Smith, James Welsh, Koenigsdorf, Kusnetzky, Wyrsch & Stites, James R. Wyrsch, Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.

Before STEPHENSON, Senior Circuit Judge, ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, and HANSON, Senior District Judge.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This is a diversity action for breach of a contract of employment. The District Court1 held that the contract was for an indefinite term and terminable at will by either party. It therefore, the Court said, could not, under Missouri law, be the subject of an action for wrongful discharge. The complaint was dismissed before trial. We agree and affirm.

By letter agreement dated April 16, 1979, defendant, Modern...

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