McElrath v. Burley

How courts have described this case

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• indicating that claims of employment discrimination and retaliatory discharge did not exist at common law
• explaining that the rational basis test provides “minimal scrutiny” under which the challenger bears “a heavy burden”
• explaining that the rational basis test provides “minimal scrutiny” under which the challenger bears “a heavy burden”
• stating claims for discrimination did not exist at common law and protection from discrimination under Florida law is a statutory right legislatively created
• finding claims of employment discrimination and retaliatory discharge did not exist at common law
• “The legislature created [statutory rights protecting employees from employment discrimination and retaliation] in derogation of the common law rule that Florida employees may be hired or fired at will.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).