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GREEN v. RALEE ENGINEERING CO.

No. S060370.

78 Cal.Rptr.2d 16 (1998)

19 Cal.4th 66

960 P.2d 1046

Richard GREEN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RALEE ENGINEERING COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oshman, Brownfield & Smith, North Hollywood, George E. Brownfield, Los Angeles, Quackenbsh & Quackenbush and William C. Quackenbush, San Mateo, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Joseph Posner, Encino, and James P. Stoneman II, Claremont, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Nemecek & Cole, Jonathan B. Cole, Sherman Oaks, Scott C. Pape and Craig G. Staub, Santa Monica, or Defendant and Respondent.

Latham & Watkins, Wayne S. Flick and M. Michelle Alvarez, Los Angeles, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

CHIN, Justice.

May administrative regulations be a source of fundamental public policy that limits an employer's right to discharge an otherwise at-will employee? Although our Legislature has determined that an employment contract is generally terminable at either party's will (Lab.Code, § 2922),1 we have created a narrow exception to this rule by recognizing that an employer's right to discharge an at-will employee is subject to...

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