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Update: Utah Supreme Court rejects appeal on AOL gun policy
By Bob Mims
The Salt Lake Tribune ...
The Utah Supreme Court today rejected the appeal of three Ogden America Online employees who were fired four years ago for violating the Internet company's firearms policy.
At issue was whether an employer's property rights trump the constitutional right to bear arms when it came to the workers Paul Carlson, Luke Hansen and Jason Melling transferring guns between their vehicles in a parking lot outside their place of work.
The state's justices found that AOL was within its rights to extend its policy to property under its control outside the workplace.
In so doing, the Utah Supreme Court upheld a 2nd District
Court ruling that endorsed the trio's terminations.
The three had sued AOL, claiming their dismissals were improper because the company's anti-weapons policy, in application to the parking lot, violated gun-possession rights guaranteed by the Utah Constitution
By Bob Mims
The Salt Lake Tribune ...
The Utah Supreme Court today rejected the appeal of three Ogden America Online employees who were fired four years ago for violating the Internet company's firearms policy.
At issue was whether an employer's property rights trump the constitutional right to bear arms when it came to the workers Paul Carlson, Luke Hansen and Jason Melling transferring guns between their vehicles in a parking lot outside their place of work.
The state's justices found that AOL was within its rights to extend its policy to property under its control outside the workplace.
In so doing, the Utah Supreme Court upheld a 2nd District
Court ruling that endorsed the trio's terminations.
The three had sued AOL, claiming their dismissals were improper because the company's anti-weapons policy, in application to the parking lot, violated gun-possession rights guaranteed by the Utah Constitution
