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Section 31-51q

Citation
Section 31-51q
Parent Document
Cotto v. United Technologies Corp., 251 Conn. 1 (1999)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
1999-10-12
Original Source
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7898264/cotto-v-united-technologies-corp/ ↗

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We recognize that the plaintiff also alleges that the defendant supported the threats and harassment that he received from his coworkers when he refused to display the flag. As we read the complaint, however, the alleged culpability of the defendant’s conduct depends upon whether the plaintiff was justified in his refusal to follow the defendant’s direction. The plaintiff states in his brief that the reason that he is entitled to relief is that his expression of his beliefs “was in reaction to the act of the employer itself coercing him to display the symbol.”