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BRIGHT v. BECHTEL PETROLEUM, INC.

Nos. 84-2866, 85-1730.

780 F.2d 766 (1986)

Willie D. BRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BECHTEL PETROLEUM, INC., a corporation doing business in the State of California and its individual agents; Tom Rowe, George Burns, Dan McGlathern and C.J. Grabelski, and Does 1 through 10, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1986.

As Amended February 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie D. Bright, pro per.

Philip R. Placier, Charles P. McCarthy, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, KENNEDY and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.

BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff brought an action against his employer in a California state court. He alleged that his employer had breached his employment contract by paying him less than the contract required. The employer removed the case to federal district court on the ground that plaintiff had artfully pleaded what was in reality a challenge to the employer's compliance with federal law requiring the withholding of federal income tax. The district court denied...

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