Clemans v. BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONT.’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Parratt v. Taylor · Goldberg v. Kelly
Most-quoted passages
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“[e]xcept as limited in [the WDEA], employment having no specified term may be terminated at the will of either the employer or the employee on notice to the other for any reason considered sufficient by the terminating party”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Stokes v. Lamma
How this case has been treated — in progress
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