Barr v. Kelso-Burnett Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that state and federal constitutional provisions, such as right to free speech, limit power of government and are not limitation on relationship between private employer and its employees
• holding that state and federal constitutional provisions, such as right to free speech, limit power of government and are not limitation on relationship between private employer and its employees
• finding that this court does not “strongly support” the expansion of the tort
• finding that no public policy is violated when a private employer terminates an employee because of the employee’s speech, which is protected by the First Amendment
• stating that “[cjontrary to plaintiffs’ assertion ... this court has not ... ‘rejected a narrow interpretation of the re taliatory discharge tort’ and does not ‘strongly support’ ” its expansion
• rejecting plaintiff's argument that employer's alleged violation of free speech, equal protection, due process, and privacy rights provided a proper foundation on which to premise plaintiff's action for retaliatory discharge

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