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Com. v. Roberts

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Apr 23, 1997
692 A.2d 1096 (Pa. 1997)

Summary

In Gray v. Citizens Bank of Washington, 692 A.2d 1096 (D.C. 1992) vacated and later reinstated by the en banc court, 609 A.2d 1143 (D.C. 1992), the court emphasized the narrowness of the Adams decision holding that the exception to at-will doctrine created by Adams was limited to situations in which the employee "was forced `to choose between breaking the law and keeping his job'."

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Opinion

Argued September 19, 1996.

Decided April 23, 1997.

Appeal No. 8 W.D. Appeal Docket 1996, from the Order of the Superior Court Entered August 15, 1995, at No. 1851 Pittsburgh 1994, Affirming the Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Criminal Division, Entered May 3, 1994, at Nos. CC 9214100 and CC 9212147.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.


ORDER


The appeal is dismissed as having been improvidently granted.

NIGRO, J., dissents.


Summaries of

Com. v. Roberts

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Apr 23, 1997
692 A.2d 1096 (Pa. 1997)

In Gray v. Citizens Bank of Washington, 692 A.2d 1096 (D.C. 1992) vacated and later reinstated by the en banc court, 609 A.2d 1143 (D.C. 1992), the court emphasized the narrowness of the Adams decision holding that the exception to at-will doctrine created by Adams was limited to situations in which the employee "was forced `to choose between breaking the law and keeping his job'."

Summary of this case from Domen v. National Rehabilitation Hosp., Inc.
Case details for

Com. v. Roberts

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Edward ROBERTS a/k/a Edward N…

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Apr 23, 1997

Citations

692 A.2d 1096 (Pa. 1997)
692 A.2d 1096

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