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Crain Industries, Inc. v. Cass

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 3, 1991No. 90-233PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

David Newbern, Justice.

This is a wrongful discharge from employment case. The appellant, Crain Industries, Inc., employed the appellees, Kenneth Cass, Lois Marion, Mary Sherman, Victor Knauls, William Keith, and David Haywood. Due to a reduction in the work force at Crain Industries, those employees were laid off, although they were senior in length of service to some others in their respective departments who were not laid off. The employees claimed breach of contract on the basis of a provision in the Crain Industries employment handbook which provided:

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Pine River State Bank v. MettilleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
  2. Small v. Springs Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1987
  3. Castiglione v. Johns Hopkins HospitalCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1986
  4. Smith v. American Greetings Corp.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1991
  5. Gladden v. Arkansas Children's HospitalSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1987

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3Cited by66 opinions

  1. Faulkner v. Arkansas Children's HospitalSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2002
  2. Swanson v. Liquid Air CorporationWashington Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Williamson v. Sanofi Winthrop Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2001
  4. Ciba-Geigy Corp. v. AlterSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1992
  5. Alltel Corp. v. SumnerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2005

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