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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 

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KATHY W. BARNHILL, 

Appellant, 

v. 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

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FILED 

United Staoos Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circmit 

MAR 201989 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

) No. 87-2178 

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JACK ECKERD CORPORATION, ) 

(D.C. No. CIV-87-2232-R) 

(W.D. Okla.) 

) 

Appellee. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Befor~*McKAY and TACHA, Circuit Judges, and O'CONNOR, District 

Judge • 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The cause is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

This appeal is from an order of the district court granting 

summary judgment in favor of defendant Eckerd Corporation. 

Plaintiff Barnhill was terminated from employment by the Eckerd 

Corporation and alleges in this case that the termination was in 

violation of her rights under her employment contract and under 

Oklahoma law. We agree with the district court and affirm the 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

** The Honorable Earl E. O'Connor, Chief Judge, United States 

District Court for the District of Kansas, sitting by designation. 

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order granting summary judgment to the defendant. We note further 

that recent authority from the Supreme Court of the State of 

Oklahoma makes clear that Oklahoma does not recognize an "implied 

obligation of good faith and fair dealing in reference to 

termination in any employment at-will contract." Burke v. K-Mart 

Corp., No. 67,785 (Okla. Feb. 7, 1989). 

AFFIRMED. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

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