Legal Opinion
Atkins v. Industrial Telecommunications Ass'n
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 5, 1995No. 93-CV-1101PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion concurring in part, and dissenting in part by Chief Judge WAGNER at p. 895.
KING, Associate Judge:
This appeal stems from the trial court’s dismissal of a three-count complaint filed by John M. Atkins against Industrial Telecommunications Association, Inc. (“ITA”), his former employer, in which he claimed his discharge from employment was both in violation of public policy (Count I), and a breach of a contract of employment (Count II); he also claimed he was defamed (Count III). ITA moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, pursuant to…
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