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POWERS v. VISTA CHEMICAL CO.

No. 96-30138.

109 F.3d 1089 (1997)

Norman M. POWERS, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. VISTA CHEMICAL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard K. Knapp, Jr., Lake Charles, LA, for Norman M. Powers.

Scott James Scofield, Robert E. Landry, Scofield, Gerard, Vernon, Singletary & Pohorelsky, Lake Charles, LA, for Vista Chemical Co.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and WIENER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

STEWART, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question of whether Vista Chemical Company violated Louisiana's environmental whistleblower statute (La. R.S. 30:2027 (West Supp.1996)) by firing Norman M. Powers in retaliation for Powers's disclosure of an environmental violation. Powers was terminated after he stormed out of a meeting in which he disclosed environmental violations to his supervisor at Vista. It was uncontradicted that approximately two weeks prior...

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