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GARRIE v. JAMES L. GRAY, INC.

No. 89-4815.

912 F.2d 808 (1990)

Hubert GARRIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JAMES L. GRAY, INC., and Texaco Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher L. Zaunbrecher, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

William O. Bonin, Landry, Watkins & Bonin, New Iberia, La., for James L. Gray, Inc.

Jerry A. Oubre, Caffery, Oubre, Dugas & Campbell, New Iberia, La. and C. Suzanne Dittmer, New Orleans, La., for Texaco, Inc.

Before THORNBERRY, JOHNSON, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

We are asked to create a new exception to the employment at will doctrine by expanding 46 U.S.C. § 2114, which forbids retaliation against "whistleblower" seamen who report or are about to report safety violations to the Coast Guard, in order to protect those who merely make inquiries of the Coast Guard but do not report a violation or file a formal complaint. Because we conclude that such a result is foreclosed by the plain meaning...

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