Bell v. Ivory

How courts have described this case

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• under D.C. law, the mutual promises to employ and serve creates a contract terminable at will by either party
• “The presumption of ‘at will’ employment can be overcome by the creation of a contract of employment for a fixed term or an indefinite contract that allows termination only for cause.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).