When solicitor Tonzil Jones told his supervisor that he would no longer solicit contributions on the streets of Murfreesboro, TN, because a police officer had told him it was “illegal” and he “could be fined and/or go to jail,” he said he was discharged from his employment during the telephone conversation. A federal District Court in Tennessee has permitted him to sue his employer under the state’s Public Protection Act and the common law prohibition against retaliatory discharge. The Court said he had to allege a specific statutory or regulatory basis for his claim so that the Court could determine whether he would be violating a statute or regulation that implicates the public health,...