Legal Opinion

Rose v. Tipton County Public Works Department

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided April 18, 1997No. 02A01-9608-CV-00189PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FARMER, Judge.

In this action for breach of an employment contract, Plaintiff Roy Rose appeals the trial court’s order entering summary judgment in favor of Defendants/Appellees Tipton County Public Works Department, County Executive Jeff Huffman, and individual members of the Tipton County Public Works Department Committee. The trial court granted the Defendants’ motion for summary judgment based on the court’s conclusion that an employee handbook distributed by the Public Works Department in 1982, and revised in 1988, did not constitute an employment contract. We affirm.

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Byrd v. HallTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Gregory v. HuntCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
  3. Whittaker v. Care-More, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  4. Graves v. Anchor Wire Corp. of TennesseeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1985
  5. Hamby v. Genesco, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1981

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Gerald M. Brown Nick D. Anderson v. City of Niota, Tennessee L. S. Lee Eva Brakebill Alan Watkins Joel ParhamCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
  2. Reed v. Alamo Rent-A-Car, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1999
  3. McGee v. BestCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
  4. Wiggins v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016
  5. Vargo v. Lincoln Brass Works, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2003

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