Dillon v. Champion Jogbra, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding employer may unilaterally assume contractual obligations through its written policies, including through its employee handbook
• determining that provisions in employee manual that were “inconsistent with the disclaimer at the beginning of the manual” could form the basis for a cause of action
• noting that the claim requires “a promise of Order Page 11 of 13 23-CV-01214 Hon. James H. Douglas, Special Administrator of the Estate of John Abner Mead v. The President and Fellows of Middlebury College a specific and definite nature.”
• noting that \at-will employment relationships have fallen into disfavor\
• “An employer . . . may implicitly bind itself to terminating only for cause ” (emphasis added)
• “An employer . . . may implicitly bind itself to terminating only for cause ...” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• William Pettersen v. Monaghan Safar Ducham PLLC
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2021-03-19· cited 36×
• Cate v. City of Burlington
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2013-08-02· cited 31×
• Woolaver v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2003-08-01· cited 28×
• Nelson v. Town of St. Johnsbury, LaMotte, Oddy, Ruggles, Rust, Timson and Town of St. Johnsbury
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2015-01-16· cited 28×
• Robert Caldwell v. Champlain College Incorporated
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2025-04-11· cited 18×
• Rochon v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-08-27· cited 13×
• Berol Dewdney and Cordelia Dewdney v. Ralph E. Duncan, IV
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2025-05-23· cited 9×
• Dawn Boynton v. ClearChoice MD, MSO, LLC and ClearChoiceMD, PLLC
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2019-08-02· cited 6×
• Straw v. Visiting Nurse Ass'n & Hospice
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2013-10-18· cited 5×
• Cole v. Foxmar Inc.
  D. Vermont· 2019-05-16· cited 4×
• Straw v. Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice of VT/NH
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2013-10-18· cited 3×
• Paul Westcott v. MacK Molding, Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2024-12-20· cited 1×
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Department of Taxes
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2010-03-19
• Nelson v. Town of St. Johnsbury Selectboard, LaMotte, Oddy, Ruggles, Rust, Timson and Town of St. Johnsbury
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2015-01-16
• Dernier v. U.S. Bank National Ass'n
  Vermont Superior Court· 2015-01-26
• Straw v. Visiting Nurse Ass'n & Hospice of Vt./N.H.
  Vermont Superior Court· 2010-01-12
• Fingerlakes Constr. Co. v. Fillmore Farms, LLC
  Vermont Superior Court· 2005-08-03
• Deer View, LLC PUD Subdivision Application
  Vermont Superior Court· 2008-04-03
• Deer View, LLC Subdivision Application
  Vermont Superior Court· 2008-02-20
• Deer View LLC PUD
  Vermont Superior Court· 2008-02-05

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1980-06-10· cited 786×
• Thompson v. St. Regis Paper Company
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-07-05· cited 536×
• White v. Quechee Lakes Landowners' Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-09-24· cited 146×
• Ross v. Times Mirror, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-07-07· cited 102×
• Foote v. Simmonds Precision Products Co.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-05-08· cited 60×
• Logan v. Bennington College Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1995-12-14· cited 52×
• John A. Russell Corp. v. Bohlig
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-08-27· cited 46×
• Taylor v. National Life Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-12-17· cited 38×
• Willis v. New World Van Lines, Inc.
  E.D. Michigan· 2000-11-02· cited 32×
• Beecher v. Stratton Corp.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-11-19· cited 29×
• Farnum v. Brattleboro Retreat, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-11-22· cited 28×
• Sherman v. Rutland Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1985-08-09· cited 27×
• New England Partnership, Inc. v. Rutland City School District
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-09-14· cited 17×
• Raymond v. International Business MacHines Corp.
  D. Vermont· 1997-01-27· cited 13×
• Marcoux-Norton v. Kmart Corp.
  D. Vermont· 1993-05-26· cited 10×
• Tooley v. Robinson Springs Corp.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-03-29· cited 9×
• Chang v. Cargill, Inc.
  D. Minnesota· 2001-03-16· cited 6×
• McKenny v. John v. Carr & Son, Inc.
  D. Vermont· 1996-03-20· cited 4×
• Kallich v. North Iowa Anesthesia Associates, P.C.
  N.D. Iowa· 2002-01-10· cited 2×