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· 4/19/1940

Protest 787858-G of F. W. Woolworth Co.

Citations

  • 4 Cust. Ct. 450

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the FCA 17 does not preempt New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act
  • declining to consider the defendants’ argument that the allegedly defamatory statements were true and considering only the plaintiff’s allegation that the statements were false because “this is a motion to dismiss, and not a summary judgment motion”
  • “[CEPA] creates individual liability for agents of the employer, including supervisory employees[.]”
  • “[T]here are no special requirements for defamation actions under the federal rules. All that is required is a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” (internal quotation marks omitted

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Judges: Dallinger

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