holding that “an exception to the employment-at-will doctrine is justified where an employer has discharged his em: ployee in contravention of a ‘sufficiently clear public policy’ ”
How later courts described this case
- holding that “an exception to the employment-at-will doctrine is justified where an employer has discharged his em: ployee in contravention of a ‘sufficiently clear public policy’ ”
- dismissing common law public policy tort claim where statutory discrimination statutes provide avenues for relief
- refusing to address the issue, "We express no opinion as to whether public policy would prohibit a private employer from discharging an employee based on that employee's becoming a candidate for public office.”
- concluding that there was not clear public policy in support of allowing public employees to become candidates for public office
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Douglas, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part. I concur with paragraphs two and three of the syllabus and the well-reasoned discussion supporting these statements of law. I respectfully dissent as to paragraph one of the syllabus and the ultimate judgment reached by the majority. In this regard, I concur in the persuasive excursus in the dissent of Judge Brogan.
Pfeifer, J., concurs in the foregoing opinion.