Kinzel v. Discovery Drilling, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing potential claim for retaliatory discharge based on evidence suggesting that employer’s reasons for termination violated public policy
• describing how proponent bearing burden of production must establish prima facie case of given fact
• considering whether prefatory phrase \I wonder\ made allegedly defamatory statement protected conjecture
• considering whether prefatory phrase \I wonder\ made allegedly defamatory statement protected conjecture
• allowing tort remedy to protect employee whistleblowers who file safety complaints
• recognizing common law remedy for retaliatory discharge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hawkins v. Grinnell Regional Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2019-06-07· cited 45×
• Reust v. Alaska Petroleum Contractors, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2005-10-28· cited 30×
• George v. D.W. Zinser Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2009-03-13· cited 29×
• DeNardo v. Bax
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2006-10-27· cited 23×
• Mahan v. Arctic Catering, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2006-04-21· cited 22×
• Smith v. Anchorage School District
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2010-10-08· cited 18×
• Alaskasland.com, LLC v. Cross
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2015-09-25· cited 13×
• Lingley v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2016-05-18· cited 13×
• Willard v. Khotol Services Corporation
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2007-11-09· cited 12×
• SUULUTAAQ, INC. v. Williams
  D. Alaska· 2010-12-01· cited 5×
• Beach v. Handforth-Kome
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2013-11-29· cited 3×
• Ross v. Alaska State Comm'n for Human Rights
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2019-08-30· cited 2×
• State of Alaska, DFCS, Office of Children's Services v. Brett Lane
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2024-02-09· cited 1×
• Jeffrey George Vs. D.W. Zinser Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2009-03-13
• Harry Ross v. State of Alaska Human Rights Commission
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2019-08-30

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-25· cited 4,525×
• Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-01· cited 3,836×
• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 1,770×
• Alvin Joel TYLER, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee
  Second Circuit· 1992-03-10· cited 315×
• Nees v. Hocks
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1975-06-12· cited 305×
• James P. Ostrowski v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Companies
  Second Circuit· 1992-06-19· cited 279×
• Luther Haynes and Dorothy Haynes v. Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated, and Nicholas Lemann
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-12-17· cited 235×
• Dean Radabaugh v. Zip Feed Mills, Inc., Tom Batcheller, Don Kjelden
  Eighth Circuit· 1993-07-06· cited 187×
• State v. O'Neill Investigations, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-03-28· cited 180×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Alton Packaging Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-05-18· cited 152×
• Ilya D. Levin v. John McPhee the New Yorker Magazine, Inc., and Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1997-07-17· cited 98×
• Lyons v. Globe Newspaper Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-05-13· cited 78×
• Hobson v. McLean Hospital Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-05-16· cited 77×
• French v. Jadon, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1996-02-09· cited 75×
• Veco, Inc. v. Rosebrock
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-02-19· cited 65×
• Cabesuela v. Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1998-10-27· cited 62×
• Gray v. St. Martin's Press, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2000-08-02· cited 61×
• ARCO Alaska, Inc. v. Akers
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1988-04-22· cited 48×
• Alaska Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Ford Motor Company
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-10-04· cited 48×
• Skagway City School Board v. Davis
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-12-08· cited 47×