The man was fired from his job because he didn't follow the company's values.
The court case filing states that these included excessive alcoholism and promiscuity.
The employee was found to be exercising his freedom of expression by not participating.
The supreme court of appeal in France ruled that companies cannot fire workers for not being fun.
Mr T was fired from Cubik Partners in Paris in 2015 for refusing to participate in after-work drinks and team building activities.
According to the court documents, Mr T joined the firm in February 2011 and was promoted in 2014, but was fired a year later for "professional incompetence" because he refused to follow the company's "Fun" values. Mr T was said to be difficult to work with.
The company's "fun" values included regular obligatory social events that culminated in excessive alcoholism encouraged by colleagues who made very large quantities of alcohol available, as well as "practices pushed by colleagues involving promiscuity, bullies and incest," according to the court.
Cubik Partners practices include simulations of sexual acts and the requirement to share a bed with a colleague, according to the court.
Mr T was wrongly fired by Cubik Partners because of his lack of participation in the company's fun values and critical behavior, according to a judgement issued by France's Court of Appeals.
The court ruled that Mr T's refusal to participate in the company's social activities was not a reason for him to be dismissed.
Cubik Partners did not reply immediately.
The Paris Court of Appeal had previously rejected Mr T's demand of over half a million dollars in damages, but the recent ruling by the Court of Cassation partially overturned this decision.
The court ordered Cubik Partners to pay Mr T 3000 euros and will look at his demand for more than half a million dollars later.
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