SWINDOL v. AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORP.

No. 14-60779.

805 F.3d 516 (2015)

Robert SWINDOL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 28, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David O. Butts , Tupelo, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen William Robinson, Esq. , Nicholas DelVecchio SanFilippo , McGuire-Woods, L.L.P., Tysons Corner, VA, Robert Bradley Best , Holcomb, Dunbar, Watts, Best, Masters & Golmon, P.A., Oxford, MS, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WIENER, CLEMENT, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


The district court dismissed Robert Swindol's wrongful discharge and defamation claims under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). It held that Mississippi's employment-at-will doctrine barred the wrongful discharge claim and that falsity had not been adequately alleged for the defamation claim. The wrongful...

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