HAWKINS v. NATIONAL ASS'N OF SEC. DEALERS INC.

No. 97-10383.

149 F.3d 330 (1998)

E. Troy HAWKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITIES DEALERS INC., et al., Defendants, and National Association of Securities Dealers Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.A. Dean Carlton, Jr., The Carlton Firm, Joe B. Abbey, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Douglas R. Cox, Daniel Winthrop Nelson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Troy Hawkins appeals from the district court's denial of his motion to remand this lawsuit to state court. He also appeals the lower court's subsequent dismissal of his lawsuit for failure to state a claim. We affirm.

I.

This appeal arises from Hawkins's dispute with his former employer, Prudential Securities, Inc., and five of Prudential's employees (collectively, the PSI Defendants). Hawkins sued the PSI Defendants in state court, alleging...

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