He got rid of tenure for principals and mandated that they sign one-year contracts that allowed dismissal "without cause" and without a hearing.
Rule 41(a)(1) limits a litigant's power to dismiss actions, but allows one dismissal without prejudice.
Dimon handled his dismissal without noticeable bitterness.
The primary meaning of dismissal without prejudice, we think, is dismissal without barring the defendant from returning later, to the same court, with the same underlying claim.
The contract does not say if other felonies would be considered cause for dismissal without severance.
It is a dismissal without prejudice, so no preclusion effects [we will discuss preclusion later in the course].
Its most important benefit is to grant teachers certain protections against dismissal without justification, including the right to a hearing before an arbitrator.
The Independent understands the former Southampton and Hull City boss was informed of his dismissal without prior warning by vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha on the phone last night.
"This obviously represents a very serious breach of your obligations as an employee, such as to warrant dismissal without any warning," Hinton writes.
Rule 41(a)(1) was not designed to give a plaintiff any benefit other than the right to take one such dismissal without prejudice.
And, indeed, when Steve fired her, Eve did sue for dismissal without cause and gender discrimination, but the attorneys settled the case quietly and without much pain.
