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HIGGINS v. SMITH INTERN., INC.

No. 82-3232.

716 F.2d 278 (1983)

John C. HIGGINS, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC., Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 21, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reid K. Hebert, Lake Charles, La., for defendant-appellant cross-appellee.

Newman & Fazzio, Raleigh Newman, Donald McKnight, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiff-appellee cross-appellant.

Before REAVLEY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, WYZANSKI, District Judge.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

A jury found that Smith International, Inc. entered an oral contract with John C. Higgins to employ him for two years at $42,000 per year, and then breached it by dismissing him six months into the contract without adequate justification. The district court initially entered judgment on the verdict; some time later, it granted Smith International's motion for a remittitur and entered a superseding judgment reducing Higgins' damage award. Smith...

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