ADLER v. AMERICAN STANDARD CORP.

Nos. 86-1614(L), 86-1633.

830 F.2d 1303 (1987)

Gerald F. ADLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN STANDARD CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. Gerald F. ADLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN STANDARD CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Gordon Leech, Harley Thomas Howell (Anthony W. Kraus, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

J. Owen Zurhellen, III, New York City (Stephen D. Langhoff, Doyle & Langhoff, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 19, 1987.

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

The appellee Gerald F. Adler was terminated from his employment with the appellant American Standard, Inc.,1 because the appellee had stated his intention to reveal to higher officers of the corporation the existence of an allegedly illegal "kickback" scheme. Although Maryland, where this case arises, adheres to the common law rule that unwritten...

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