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FOLEY v. INTERACTIVE DATA CORP.

Docket No. L.A. 32148.

47 Cal.3d 654 (1988)

765 P.2d 373

254 Cal. Rptr. 211

DANIEL D. FOLEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

December 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gilbert & Sackman, Gilbert, Cooke & Sackman, Steven J. Kaplan and Robert W. Gilbert for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lynne G. McGinnis, Joseph Posner, Kenneth J. Sargoy, Fred M. Blum, Sargoy & Blum, Paul Hoffman, Gary Williams, Wylie A. Aitken, Victoria De Goff, Douglas de Vries, John Gardenal, John R. Hillsman, Ian Herzog, Peter Hinton, Harvey R. Levine, Leonard Sacks, Robert Steinberg, John C. McCarthy and Cliff Palefsky as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, Robert V. Kuenzel, Steven G. Drapkin, Jeffrey A. Berman and Harold M. Brody for Defendant and Respondent.

Latham & Watkins, Josel E. Krischer, Deanna P. George, Michael J. Breining, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Paul Grossman, Paul W. Crane, Jr., Mary Craig Calkins and Michele M. Dosoer as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

After Interactive Data Corporation (defendant) fired plaintiff Daniel D. Foley, an executive employee, he filed this action seeking compensatory and punitive damages for wrongful discharge. In his second amended complaint, plaintiff asserted three distinct theories: (1) a tort cause of action alleging a discharge in violation of public policy (Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (1980)

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