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10 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 67 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 Suchodolski v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suchodolski v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. Anchor | green | “most often these proscriptions are found in explicit legislative statements prohibiting the discharge, discipline, or other adverse treatment of employees who act in accordance with a statutory right or duty.” | 11 |
| 2 | Debano-Griffin v. Lake County | green | “absent direct evidence of retaliation, a plaintiff must rely on indirect evidence of his or her employer's unlawful motivations to show that a causal link exists between the whistleblowing act and the employer's adverse employment action.” | 10 |
| 3 | Suchodolski v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. | green | “however, an exception has been recognized to that rule, based on the principle that some grounds for discharging an employee are so contrary to public policy as to be actionable.” | 7 |
| 4 | Suchodolski v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. | green | “some grounds for discharging an employee are so contrary to public policy as to be actionable.” | 7 |
| 5 | Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield | green | “an employer's express agreement to terminate only for cause, or statements of company policy and procedure to that effect, can give rise to rights enforceable in contract.” | 7 |
| 6 | Landin v. Healthsource Saginaw, Inc. | green | “michigan law generally presumes that employment relationships are terminable at the will of either party.” | 7 |
| 7 | Toussaint v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield | green | “as a result of an employee's legitimate expectations grounded in an employer's policy statements.” | 6 |
| 8 | Dudewicz v. Norris Schmid, Inc | green | “a public policy claim is sustainable . . . only where there also is not an applicable statutory prohibition against discharge in retaliation for the conduct at issue.” | 5 |
| 9 | Kimmelman v. Heather Downs Management Limited | green | “where there exists a statute explicitly proscribing a particular adverse employment action, that statute is the exclusive remedy, and no other 'public policy' claim for wrongful discharge can be maintained.” | 4 |
| 10 | Dudewicz v. Norris Schmid, Inc | green | “a public policy claim is sustainable ... only where there also is not an applicable statutory prohibition against discharge in retaliation for the conduct at issue.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.