Sullivan v. Heritage Foundation

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that an employee was termi- nable at will even though, among other things, he had moved from Boston to take the job
• finding summary judgment on claim for a tortious interference with business relationship proper because plaintiff offered no evidence that corporate officer’s conduct, even if motivated by malice, was contrary to some “legitimate business purpose”
• “Such an intention may be gleaned from the facts and circumstances of the case and the conduct of the parties.”
• even speaking in terms of “permanent” employment does not rebut at-will presumption where no fixed period of employment
• presumption rebuttable by circumstantial evidence that parties intended employment for fixed period

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).