Opinion ID: 874077
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Heading: Did the District Court Err in Dismissing Plaintiff's Claim for Breach of Contract?

Text: Plaintiff filed a claim alleging that the University breached the express terms of his employment contract and the covenant of good faith and fair dealing implied in that contract by failing to evaluate him annually. As explained above, the district court correctly held that Plaintiff's contract did not require annual evaluations. Therefore, there was also no violation of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing obligates parties to cooperate with one another and to perform the obligations imposed by their agreements. Express terms of a contract may not be overridden by those implied from the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Huyett v. Idaho State Univ., 140 Idaho 904, 910, 104 P.3d 946, 952 (2004) (citation omitted). The district court correctly dismissed Plaintiff's claim for breach of his employment contract.