8 Oklahoma opinions name it 2 courts 1992–2022 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Oklahoma courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Burk v. K-Mart Corp.green2 sentences2022Supp. 2014 § 152 Burk Court stated: "We thus follow the modern trend and adopt today the public policy exception to the at-will termination rule in a narrow class of cases in which the discharge is contrary to a clear mandate of public policy as articulated by constitutional, statutory or decisional law." 1989 OK 22 Burk Court stated: We recognize this new cause of action in tort. 2007In Burk , we created “the Burk tort” with our adoption of the public policy exception to the at-will termination rule to apply “in a narrow class of cases in which the discharge is contrary to a clear mandate of public policy as articulated by constitutional, statutory or decisional law.” Id. at 28 (emphasis added). | 2 | 6 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Oklahoma. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Tate v. Browning-Ferris, Inc.
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2 sentences1995Tate v. Browning-Ferris, Inc., 833 P.2d at 1225 . 1994She cites Tate v. Browning-Ferris, Inc., 833 P.2d 1218 (Okl.1992), which holds the public policy exception to the at-will termination rule to be applicable to termination due to racial discrimination. | 2 | 1994–1995 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.