                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         for the Fifth Circuit

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                              No. 97-40970
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                             ELVIN BASS,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                VERSUS


                   OXY-CHEM; BRIGGS-WEAVER COMPANY,

                                               Defendants-Appellees.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Southern District of Texas
                          (G-96-CV-131)
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                            April 13, 1998

Before GARWOOD, DAVIS and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     After reading the briefs and hearing oral argument in this

case and reviewing pertinent portions of the record, we agree with

the district court that Mr. Bass' working conditions were not so

intolerable as to justify a conclusion that he was constructively

discharged.    Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is

affirmed.

     AFFIRMED.




     *
      Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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