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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 25 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Adler v. American Standard Corp..

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1 Adler v. American Standard Corp. Anchor
md · 1981
green “when the motivation for the discharge contravenes some clear mandate of public policy.” 12
2 Adler v. American Standard Corp.
md · 1981
green “an employment contract of indefinite duration, that is, at will, can be legally terminated at the pleasure of either party at any time.” 9
3 Watson v. Peoples Security Life Insurance
md · 1991
green “statutory policies intended to assure protection from workplace sexual harassment.” 2
4 Yuan v. Johns Hopkins University
md · 2017
green “for an at-will employee to establish wrongful termination, 'the employee must be discharged, the basis for the employee's discharge must violate some clear mandate of public policy, and there must be a nexus between the employee's conduct and the employer's decision to fire the …” 2

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