Handley v. Boy Scouts of America

By Judge Robert P. Frank

Plaintiff, George Handley, filed his Amended Motion for Judgment on December 20, 1991, alleging that the Peninsula Council (PC) and the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) breached the Plaintiff’s employment contract as Scout Executive by discharging the Plaintiff without just cause. The Defendants claim that the employment agreement was not breached since the Plaintiff served at the satisfaction of PC, i.e., just cause was not a condition for termination. The Defendants filed a demurrer to the Plaintiff’s amended Motion for Judgment.

A demurrer admits…