Bower v. AT & T Technologies, Inc.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, former telephone repair employees of AT & T Technologies, Inc., (AT & T) allege that AT & T promised them at-will clerical positions after their initial jobs were phased out. After AT & T did not provide such positions to appellants, they brought suit seeking damages and an injunction requiring AT & T to hire them into the clerical positions. AT & T brought a motion for summary judgment and argued that even if such promises had been made, they could not serve as a basis for relief, in any respect, under Missouri law. A United States Magistrate agreed with AT…