Williams v. Greater Chattanooga Public Television Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• stating same sort of proof required to establish liability for unlawful termination as for failure to hire
• rejecting assertions concerning age-related comments and attitudes when addressing the fourth element
• “[T]he ‘illegal activity’ or violation by the employer must implicate important public policy concerns.”
• “under the holding of VanCleave, [the plaintiff in a refusal to participate case] is not required to show that her motivation in avoiding violation of a statute was concern for the public”
• “[Plaintiff] must not only show that she believed that copying the report was illegal but that her refusal to do so serves a public purpose that should be protected.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).