MANNIX v. COUNTY OF MONROE

No. 02-1001.

348 F.3d 526 (2003)

Donald MANNIX, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF MONROE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 3, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Rosemary G. Schikora, (briefed), DYKEMA GOSSETT, Detroit, Michigan, Daniel J. Stephenson, (briefed), DYKEMA GOSSETT, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellant.

Leslie J. Nearpass, Gerald J. Briskin, Shannon M. Meechan (briefed), NEARPASS & ASSOCIATES, Temperance, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Circuit Judge; SILER, Circuit Judge; and RICE, Chief District Judge.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

BOGGS, Chief Circuit Judge.

The County of Monroe ("County") appeals the district court's denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of law in the action for discharge without just cause brought by its former employee, Donald Mannix. Michigan state law presumes that employment is at will, Mannix's employment contract expressly provided for employment at will, and numerous County policies stated that employment...

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