James Baker v. Ottaway Newspapers, Inc., Dba Santa Cruz Sentinel Publishers Company

976 F.2d 736 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. James BAKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OTTAWAY NEWSPAPERS, INC., dba Santa Cruz Sentinel Publishers Company, et al., Defendant-Appellant. No. 90-16097. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 14, 1992. Decided Sept. 17, 1992. 1 Before FLETCHER and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and WILSON, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Santa Cruz Sentinel Publishers, Inc. (Sentinel) appeals a judgment of wrongful termination in favor of a former employee, James Baker. Baker brought suit against Sentinel alleging that it had breached both an implied agreement not to terminate him without good cause and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing when it fired him after thirty-seven years of employment. The district court, exercising jurisdiction over this diversity action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 and applying California law, awarded Baker $132,457 in damages after the completion…