Cornelius J. Minihan v. American Pharmaceutical Association

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Cornelius J. Minihan appeals from a summary judgment of his breach of employment contract claim against his former employer, American Pharmaceutical Association (“APA”). Minihan claims to be the beneficiary of a contract that guaranteed him “permanent” employment for “as long as [he] performed his job satisfactorily and wanted to keep that job.” By discharging him without cause, Minihan argues, APA breached that contract. The district court concluded that Minihan had presented no evidence contradicting the assumption that his employment contract merely provided for…