Legal Opinion
Anthoine v. North Central Counties Consortium
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 24, 2010No. 08-16803PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
In Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 126 S.Ct. 1951, 164 L.Ed.2d 689 (2006), the Supreme Court held that public employees do not have First Amendment protection for statements made pursuant to their official duties. In this case we consider the application of Garcetti to plaintiff-appellant Nelson Anthoine, a low-level employee who jumped the chain of command to report directly to the chairman of his employer’s governing board that his immediate supervisor had misrepresented the status of the employer’s compliance with its legal obligations. Anthoine was…
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