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BUCHANAN v. BOH BROS. CONST. CO., INC.

No. 82-3755.

741 F.2d 750 (1984)

Bruce BUCHANAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOH BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gardner Robein & Healey, Jerry L. Gardner, Jr., Robert H. Urann, Metairie, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kullman, Lang, Inman & Bee, Walter W. Christy, Robert F. Spencer, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN and RANDALL, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This is a suit for damages resulting from the discharge of a welder in retaliation for his having previously filed a Jones Act suit against a former employer. We affirm the summary dismissal for lack of jurisdiction without prejudice to the plaintiff's substantive rights in state court.

Bruce Buchanan was employed as a welder by Boh Brothers,1 a large construction company in New Orleans. He was assigned...

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