Townsend v. L.W.M. Management, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that no constructive or wrongful discharge where the employer, relying on polygraph results, determined that the employee was a thief and subsequently terminated him
• employee discharged because results of polygraph test indicated he was a thief; discharge was for cause and was not wrongful
• although there is a clear mandate of public policy under Art. 100, § 95 against forcing employees to take lie detector tests, once employee has taken such test, employer can fire based on test results indicating that employee had stolen

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gantt v. Sentry Insurance
  California Supreme Court· 1992-02-27· cited 294×
• Bagwell v. Peninsula Regional Medical Center
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1995-09-28· cited 198×
• Berube v. Fashion Centre, Ltd.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1989-03-20· cited 181×
• Kentucky Fried Chicken National Management Co. v. Weathersby
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-06-09· cited 112×
• Shapiro v. Massengill
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1995-07-06· cited 111×
• Donn Milton, Dr. v. Iit Research Institute
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-03-06· cited 76×
• Birthisel v. Tri-Cities Health Services Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-11-25· cited 75×
• Ambroz v. Cornhusker Square Ltd.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1987-11-25· cited 34×
• Schriner v. Meginnis Ford Co.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1988-04-01· cited 32×
• Kern v. South Baltimore General Hospital
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1986-02-14· cited 30×
• Weathersby v. Kentucky Fried Chicken National Management Co.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-03-28· cited 23×
• Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. Wholey
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-08-29· cited 22×
• Brandon v. Molesworth
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1995-03-29· cited 20×
• University Nursing Home, Inc. v. R.B. Brown & Associates, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1986-04-02· cited 16×
• Julianna Ellett Giant Food, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1986-03-11· cited 14×
• Miller v. Fairchild Industries, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 1987-08-05· cited 11×
• Healion v. Great-West Life Assurance Co.
  D. Colorado· 1993-09-20· cited 8×
• Szot v. Allstate Insurance
  D. Maryland· 2001-08-24· cited 8×
• Peoples Security Life Insurance v. Watson
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1990-01-31· cited 6×
• Zollman v. Myers
  D. Utah· 1992-08-24· cited 4×

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Patton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1930-04-14· cited 1,162×
• Geary v. United States Steel Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 514×
• Adler v. American Standard Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-07-16· cited 337×
• Reuther v. Fowler & Williams, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 242×
• Impala Platinum Ltd. v. Impala Sales (U.S.A.), Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-07-19· cited 225×
• Lally v. Copygraphics
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-04-27· cited 125×
• Robert W. Perks v. The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
  Third Circuit· 1979-12-31· cited 121×
• Jackson v. Minidoka Irrigation District
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1977-04-21· cited 111×
• Beahm v. Shortall
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-02-07· cited 103×
• White v. Prince George's County
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-06-05· cited 101×
• Porter v. General Boiler Casing Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-03-23· cited 85×
• Beye v. Bureau of National Affairs
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1984-07-16· cited 79×
• Staggs v. Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1985-01-14· cited 72×
• Moniodis v. Cook
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1985-06-20· cited 69×
• Central Bank v. Copeland
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1862-06-03· cited 63×
• Md.-Nat'l Cap. P. & P. v. Wash. Nat'l Arena
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-05-23· cited 53×
• Eckstein v. Eckstein
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1978-01-12· cited 30×
• Simko, Inc. v. Graymar Co.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1983-09-09· cited 22×
• Bonnie Susan Polsky v. Radio Shack
  Third Circuit· 1981-12-17· cited 19×
• Smack v. Jackson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1965-03-08· cited 18×