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CASPARY v. LOUISIANA LAND AND EXPLORATION CO.

No. 504, Docket 83-7687.

725 F.2d 189 (1984)

Delo H. CASPARY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The LOUISIANA LAND AND EXPLORATION COMPANY, John G. Phillips, Richard T. Baker, R. Manning Brown, Jr., John P. Harbin, Herman Ponder, Arthur R. Taylor, W.R. Timken, Jr., Joseph F. Toot, Jr., E.L. Williamson, Louis H. Wilson, CT Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. The LOUISIANA LAND AND EXPLORATION COMPANY, John G. Phillips, Richard T. Baker, R. Manning Brown, Jr., John P. Harbin, Herman Ponder, Arthur R. Taylor, W.R. Timken, Jr., Joseph F. Toot, Jr., E.L. Williamson, Louis H. Wilson, CT Corporation, Counterclaim Plaintiffs, v. Delo H. CASPARY, Counterclaim Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis A. Craco, New York City (Kenneth J. Bialkin, Stephen Greiner, Gerald Kerner, Laurence H. Lenz, Jr., Michael R. Young, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Raymond L. Falls, Jr., New York City (Kenneth W. Orce, David R. Hyde, Allen S. Joslyn, George Wailand, Joel E. Davidson, Mary Catherine Ford, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before MESKILL, NEWMAN and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The instant dispute presents the question of whether we may allow a plaintiff-appellant to amend his complaint to delete his remaining untried claims in order to vest this Court with jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1976).1 We hold that the amendment here is proper; we find jurisdiction and affirm on the merits.

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