Legal Opinion
Ussery v. City of Columbia
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided June 30, 2009No. M2008-01113-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · StaffordJ. Steven Stafford, J.
in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, P.J., W.S. and DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined.
Appellees, employees of Appellant City of Columbia, filed a class action suit against the City, seeking step raise promotions based upon merit. Appellees brought their suit under breach of contract theories, claiming that the City was contractually obligated to pay the raises based upon contract(s) arising from a 1984 employee handbook and certain pay ordinances passed by the City. The trial court held that the 1984 Handbook was a contract, which the City had breached, and that the ordinances gave rise to an implied…
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- Paschall's, Inc. v. DozierTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- State v. ShuckTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
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