SCRIBNER v. WORLDCOM, INC.

No. 99-35239

249 F.3d 902 (2001)

Donald R. SCRIBNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WORLDCOM, INC., a Georgia Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Anson, Argued, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey L. Supinger, Briefed, Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, Spokane, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Leonard J. Feldman, Argued & Briefed, Heller, Ehrman, White, & McAuliffe, Seattle, Washington, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: DAVID R. THOMPSON, Stephen S. TROTT, and Richard A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted April 3, 2001—Seattle, Washington.

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we must decide what the words "termination without cause" mean in the context of a stock option contract between an employer and employee. The question is whether the employer, who retains discretion to construe the contract, can define the word "cause" to mean something other than its ordinary meaning without informing the employee that the ordinary meaning...

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