That decision must be based on a reasonable investigation. If the investigation is reasonable, the decision made by the company will be upheld, even if its wrong. The court also reiterated a holding from the Pugh v. See's Candies case that has often been ignored in recent years. The court emphasized that companies have even more discretion to fire high level executives than other employees. Excerpts from the court's opinion are here .
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