Legal Opinion

Joe L. White, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. American Airlines, Inc., Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided October 1, 1990No. 87-2127, 88-1421, 88-1521, 88-2309, 89-5035 and 89-5063PublishedCited by 105 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals relate to an action brought by plaintiff-appellant Joe L. White against defendant-appellee American Airlines, Inc. (“American”), White’s former employer. White alleges, among other things, that he was discharged in retaliation for his refusal to commit perjury on behalf of American. The ease was initially filed in Oklahoma state court, but subsequently was removed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. A jury found that White was terminated in violation of Oklahoma’s public-policy exception to the…

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