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DRAKE v. ADVANCE CONST. SERVICE, INC.

No. 96-60578.

117 F.3d 203 (1997)

William DRAKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION SERVICE, INC.; Arrow Construction, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim D. Waide, III, Victor Israel Fleitas, Waide & Chandler, P.A., Tupelo, MS, David C. Owen, Columbus, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Marty N. Martenson, Smith, Currie & Hancock, Atlanta, GA, Gary Erwin Friedman, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

For the summary judgment awarded Advance Construction Services, Inc., and Arrow Construction, Inc., against William Drake in this Mississippi diversity action, we conclude that material fact issues exist for Drake's employment termination (allegedly for refusing to falsify reports to the Government); and that, if he was so discharged, this falls within Mississippi's public policy exception to its employment-at-will doctrine...

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