Allmaras v. Yellowstone Basin Properties

Plaintiffs, Russell Dewey Allmaras and Richard Rios, initiated this suit in the District Court for the Eighteenth Judicial District, Gallatin County, alleging statutory wrongful discharge (Count I), common law discharge (Count II), and violation of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (Count III). The District Court granted the defendants’ motion for partial summary judgment on Counts II and III. The consolidated cases were then tried to a jury on Count I only. The jury found that plaintiffs had not been wrongfully discharged. Plaintiffs appeal, presenting five constitutional…