United States Fifth Circuit

In a wrongful discharge action, summary judgment against plaintiff's claim of breach of an employment contract is affirmed where defendant could not waive its right to the automatic termination of the employment agreement by acts after that agreement had already terminated automatically in accordance with its express terms.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/16/2004
• Published 08/17/2004

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH, WIENER, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brantly Harris (argued), Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory S. Meece (argued), Jai-Prakash Phillip Kumar, Thompson & Knight, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.