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· 7/15/1987

Sanchez v. the New Mexican

Citations

  • 738 P.2d 1321
  • 106 N.M. 76

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that employee's discharge was not as a matter of law retaliatory
  • recounting that, under New Mexico law, unless there is an explicit contract of employment stating otherwise, employment is terminable \at will\
  • holding that employee’s discharge was not as a matter of law retaliatory
  • recounting that, under New Mexico law, unless there is an explicit contract of employment stating otherwise, employment is terminable “at will”
  • finding that an employee’s manual was too general and lacked the specificity required to create an implied contract for employment
  • finding that a manual of a non-promissory nature that merely declared the employer’s general approach to a subject matter could not rise to the level of specificity necessary to create an implied contract

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Judges: Sosa, Scarborough, Walters

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