public policy doctrine

public policy doctrine
Doctrine whereby a court may refuse to enforce contracts that violate law or public policy. United Paperworkers International Union v. Nisco, Inc., 484 U.S. 29, 108 S.Ct. 364, 373, 98 L.Ed.2d 286. Invoked, for example, to preclude the contractual,., ly authorized termination of an employee who refuses to participate in a violation of law. Phipps v. Clark Oil & Refining Corp., Minn., 408 N.W.2d 569, 571.

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