Charles E. Gilbert v. Tulane University (The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund)

CLARK, Chief Judge:. I.

Charles E. Gilbert appeals from a judgment dismissing his claim for wrongful discharge against his former employer, Tulane University. Because Gilbert’s claim is barred by the Louisiana employment-at-will doctrine, we affirm.

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Gilbert worked for more ■ than thirty years as the Director of Tulane’s Physical Plant Department. His immediate supervisor for the last four years was Erling H. Hammarstrom, Tulane’s Vice-president for Business. Hammarstrom terminated Gilbert for poor job performance and their inability to resolve their differences.

Gilbert sought to invoke the…