Legal Opinion
Heffernan v. City of Paterson
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided March 5, 2014No. Civ. No. 06-3882 (KM)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McNULTY, District Judge:
The plaintiff, Jeffrey Heffernan, a veteran police officer in the City of Paterson, was demoted following a report that he had picked up a lawn sign from a campaign worker for a mayoral candidate. Heffernan has made a number of claims, but the one that best fits the evidence is that the Defendants,1 his employers, believed Heffernan had engaged in political speech or campaigning, when in fact he had not. At least one other Circuit has recognized a First Amendment claim for retaliation based on such a mistaken belief. The United States Court of Appeals for the…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Heffernan v. City of PatersonSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- Ruff v. LongDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2015
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