Legal Opinion

Baker v. Burlington Northern, Inc.

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided December 13, 1978No. 12683Published

1Opinion of the Court

587 P.2d 829 (1978)

99 Idaho 688

L.B. BAKER, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., Defendant-Respondent.

No. 12683.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

December 13, 1978.

James E. Hunt of Greene & Hunt, Sandpoint, for plaintiff-appellant.

W.W. Nixon of Nixon, Nixon, Lyons & Bell, Coeur d'Alene, for defendant-respondent.

DONALDSON, Justice.

The plaintiff-appellant L.B. Baker brought this action against his former employer, the defendant-respondent Burlington Northern, Inc., alleging libel and invasion of privacy. Baker was provisionally hired by Burlington Northern as a track laborer on March 17, 1973.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Briscoe v. Reader's Digest Association, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1971
  3. Peterson v. Idaho First National BankIdaho Supreme Court · 1961
  4. Ex Parte MedleyIdaho Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Fairchild v. OlsenIdaho Supreme Court · 1974

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