Cavanaugh v. Doherty’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
September 2004
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Most-quoted passages
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“[A]bsent a constitutionally impermissible purpose, a statutory proscription, or an express limitation in the individual contract of employment, an employer's right at any time to terminate an employment at will remains unimpaired.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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