Elliott v. Tektronix, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• addressing implied duty of good faith and fair dealing claim related to service attendance policy
• “[A]n at will employer may make unilateral changes in employment terms, notwithstanding its previous representations, and not be subject to contract liability [.]”
• party can breach duty of good faith without also breaching express provision of contract
• proof of the existence of a performance evaluation system promised to employee created a question of fact as to whether the policy is a restriction on the right to termination
• “The jury’s finding that defendants did not breach the contract does not necessarily resolve the implied duty claim, because a party may violate its duty of good faith and fair dealing without also breaching the express provisions of a contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).