In 2007, Sheffield sued Disney for breach of implied contract over a musical sitcom called " Rock and Roland " that he pitched to the Disney Channel in late 2001.
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The court reaffirmed its own 1988 landmark ruling that " at will " employees cannot be fired without good cause if they can show an implied contract with the company.
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Hollywood legal circles have been puzzling over the decision, which declares that movie and television executives enter an implied contract every time they read a script or hear a pitch.
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Bethea, who claims he registered his show idea with the Writers Guild of America in August 2000, is seeking damages for copyright infringement, breach of implied contract and unfair competition.
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A fallacy in the freemen's legal arguments, legal scholars say, is that they ignore the concept of the implied contract, which allows society to collect revenue for the upkeep of services.
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"If there's no implied contract or some public policy protection under some other statute, then you're an employee at will and you can be discharged at any time, " he said.
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Most states have modified the general rule that employment is at will by holding that employees may, under that state's common law, have implied contract rights to fair treatment by their employers.
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In some cases, courts have said that veteran employees who have received a steady stream of raises and promotions have an " implied contract " and may be fired only for good cause.
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Ferko, a Plano resident, alleges NASCAR violated express and implied contracts by breaking a promise made to SMI to sanction two Winston Cup races each year at the Fort Worth track . nn
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Guz, a 23-year employee, lost his job at the San Francisco-based engineering and construction giant in 1993 and sued, claiming he had an implied contract that he could only be fired for disciplinary reasons.
