# Agarwal v. Johnson

> California Supreme Court · December 7, 1979 · 25 Cal. 3d 932

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9628329

## Case

- **Full name:** ANAND P. AGARWAL, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LEONARD W. JOHNSON Et Al., Defendants and Appellants
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 7, 1979
- **Citations:** 25 Cal. 3d 932; 160 Cal. Rptr. 141; 603 P.2d 58; 1979 Cal. LEXIS 351
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Richardson
- **Judges:** Mosk, Richardson
- **Cited by:** 319 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Disapproved on other grounds by White v. Ultramar, Inc., 88 Cal. Rptr. 2d 19 (1999).
- Negative treatments: 2
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9628329

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that Title VII claim was distinct primary right from defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims under state law

## Opinion text

RICHARDSON, J.
I concur in the judgment, under the compulsion of Egan v. Mutual of Omaha Ins. Co. (1979) 24 Cal.3d 809 [ 157 Cal.Rptr. 482 , 598 P.2d 452 ]. But for the majority’s holding in Egan , we might well conclude that employees Johnson and French were not employed in a “managerial capacity,” and that accordingly employer McKee should not have been assessed punitive damages by reason of their misconduct.
Clark, J., concurred.

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