Tenth Circuit· 8/2/1988

Conaway v. Smith

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853 F.2d 789
1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 10267

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holding that a probationary public employee was at‐will because under Kansas law only those hired for a definite 20100446‐CA 6 term were entitled to merit status
explaining that a party “may not escape summary judgment in the mere hope that something will turn up at trial
employee’s First Amendment interest entitled to greater weight where employee is acting as whistle blower in exposing government corruption
employee’s complaints made privately to City Administrator still held to be a matter of public concern
“Kansas law holds that a unilateral expression in a personnel manual, which is unbargained for, cannot alone be the basis for an employment contract.”
to defeat summary judgment, “a party cannot rest . . . on speculation, or on suspicion”

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