Wehr v. Burroughs Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing a public policy exception to the employment at will doctrine in employment contracts
• recognizing a public policy exception to the employment at will doctrine in employment contracts
• “[T]he legislature would have provided additional relief in the [Human Rights] statute if it thought it necessary.”
• cause of action recognized, but employee had alternative remedy for age discrimination
• cause of action recognized, but employee had alternative remedy for age discrimination
• “Since all the elements of [the three-part] test are fulfilled, plaintiff retains his right to a jury trial . . . notwithstanding his additional requests for equitable relief. Therefore, defendant’s motion to strike plaintiff’s request for a jury trial will be denied.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Pierce v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-07-28· cited 501×
• Stevenson v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1997-08-27· cited 248×
• Clare R. Bruffett v. Warner Communications, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1982-11-08· cited 179×
• Darlington v. General Electric
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-01-31· cited 160×
• Brown v. Transcon Lines
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1978-12-27· cited 145×
• Makovi v. Sherwin-Williams Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-07-26· cited 133×
• D'Angelo v. Gardner
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1991-10-24· cited 113×
• Melley v. Gillette Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-03-21· cited 112×
• Phipps v. Clark Oil & Refining Corp.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1987-06-26· cited 100×
• Allen v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1985-05-02· cited 76×
• Flenker v. Willamette Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1998-11-06· cited 52×
• Shaffer v. National Can Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1983-06-14· cited 43×
• Setser v. Novack Investment Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1981-01-26· cited 41×
• Corbin v. Sinclair Marketing, Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1984-06-14· cited 40×
• McKinney v. National Dairy Council
  D. Massachusetts· 1980-05-28· cited 34×
• McCluney v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.
  E.D. Wisconsin· 1980-02-08· cited 29×
• Byrne v. Commissioner
  U.S. Tax Court· 1988-05-16· cited 29×
• Crews v. Memorex Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 1984-05-24· cited 26×
• Dynan v. Rocky Mountain Federal Savings & Loan
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1990-05-08· cited 25×
• Kirk v. Mercy Hospital Tri-County
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1993-03-01· cited 24×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood
  Supreme Court· 1962-04-30· cited 1,275×
• Curtis v. Loether
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-20· cited 1,257×
• Ross v. Bernhard
  Supreme Court· 1969-11-10· cited 1,046×
• Geary v. United States Steel Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 514×
• Frampton v. Central Indiana Gas Company
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1973-05-01· cited 448×
• Petermann v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 396
  California Court of Appeal· 1959-09-30· cited 340×
• Nees v. Hocks
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1975-06-12· cited 305×
• Rogers v. Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
  Third Circuit· 1977-01-20· cited 117×
• Burne v. Franklin Life Insurance
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 56×
• Morelock v. NCR Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 1976-12-20· cited 53×
• Frances P. PONS, Appellant, v. LORILLARD, a Division of Loew’s Theatres, Inc., Appellee
  Fourth Circuit· 1977-02-02· cited 46×
• McGinley v. Burroughs Corporation
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1975-12-18· cited 35×
• Hannon v. Continental National Bank
  D. Colorado· 1977-02-09· cited 32×
• Bertrand v. Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1976-08-26· cited 32×
• Platt v. Burroughs Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1976-12-22· cited 28×
• Chilton v. National Cash Register Company
  S.D. Ohio· 1974-02-01· cited 28×
• Looney v. Commercial Union Assurance Companies
  E.D. Michigan· 1977-03-09· cited 26×
• Cleverly v. Western Electric Co.
  W.D. Missouri· 1975-09-26· cited 21×
• W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining & Molasses Co. v. Stoffel
  Third Circuit· 1930-05-27· cited 19×