Legal Opinion
Lothar Geyer v. Vargas Productions, Inc. F/k/a Miller-Johnson Circus, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 10, 1980No. 78-2294PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
In 1973, Appellant, Vargas Productions, Incorporated (Vargas or “the circus”), entered into a contract with Appellee, Lothar Geyer, a circus performer who performs a hand-balancing act. By the contract, Vargas agreed to employ Geyer wherever the circus performed in 1975. Geyer was also employed by the circus in 1973, and in December of that year Vargas repudiated the 1975 contract because of a disagreement between Geyer and one of the circus managers. In August 1976, Geyer sued Vargas in a Florida state court for breach of the contract. Vargas removed to a federal court…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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