Dicomes v. State

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• under the budget and accounting act “funds are ‘appropriated’ upon adoption of a budget by the Legislature[,] RCW 43.88.080”
• “[AJbsent some prior legislative or judicial expression on the subject,” public policy may nonetheless be violated by discharge for whistle blowing.
• “ ‘[public policy concerns what is right and just and what affects the citizens of the State collectively.’ ” (quoting Palmateer v. Int’l Harvester Co., 85 Ill. 2d 124, 130, 421 N.E.2d 876, 52 Ill. Dec. 13 (1981))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).