Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Bristow v. Daily Press, Inc.

475 U.S. 1082

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1986-03-24
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • recognizing that the law does not permit an employee's subjective perceptions to underlie a claim of constructive discharge because to do otherwise would be to enable an employee to base such a claim on unreasonable sensitivity to his work environs
  • personal responsibility component of Poulis test met where party was aware of counsel's prior inability to comply with court rules
  • a plaintiff must prove "deliberateness of the employer's action, and intolerability of the working conditions" to prove constructive discharge

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C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.