Legal Opinion
Kelly v. Mississippi Valley Gas Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided February 4, 1981No. 52337PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
397 So.2d 874 (1981)
J.C. KELLY
v.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GAS COMPANY, a Mississippi Corporation.
No. 52337.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
February 4, 1981.
John C. Sullivan, Jr., John M. Mooney, Jr., Sullivan, Sullivan & Blount, Jackson, for appellant.
Carson M. Hughes, John M. Kuykendall, Jr., Overstreet, Kuykendall, Sumners & Hughes, Jackson, for appellee.
Before PATTERSON, C.J., and SUGG and WALKER, JJ.
SUGG, Justice, for the Court:
Plaintiff urges this Court to adopt a public policy exception to the common law rule that an employment contract at will may be terminated by either party with or without…
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- Sventko v. Kroger Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1976
- Brown v. Transcon LinesOregon Supreme Court · 1978
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