Taylor v. Graham County Chamber of Commerce

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• concluding that the 24 plaintiff’s wrongful termination in violation of the ACRA tort claim was barred under the 25 plain language of the AEPA
• noting that 16 “the only ‘source’ statute underlying” plaintiff’s discriminatory termination claim was the 17 “ACRA”
• noting the AEPA’s “primary purpose was 7 to circumscribe, not broaden, wrongful termination claims based on alleged violations of 8 public policy”
• explaining that the § 23-1501(3)(b) 7 permits a plaintiff to claim wrongful termination in violation of a state statute “only if that 8 other statute ‘does not provide a remedy to an employee for the violation of the [that] 9 statute’” (quoting § 23-1501(3)(b))
• stating courts “cannot second-guess or overturn what appear to be clear, deliberate legislative choices”
• noting, in a failed implied contract claim, that “most importantly, [plaintiff] 28 failed to establish that the personnel manual ‘expresse[d] the intent that it is a contract of 1 || employment.’’’

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