Jo Ann Campbell, A/K/A Jody Campbell v. City of Champaign, Steven C. Carter, and Richard A. Schnuer

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting the argument that “if a handbook doesn’t expressly disclaim contractual obligation^] it creates such an obligation,” and noting that “[sjuch a disclaimer might be prudent[,j but it is not a sine qua non for avoiding liability”
• plaintiff who served “at the pleasure of the City Manager” did not have a protectible property interest in her job
• “[H]ow could an at will employee be thought to have the sort of secure and dependable interest fairly deseribable as an entitlement and therefore as ‘property’? ... Well, he (or she) cannot, of course”
• “Not every contract right is property.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).