Legal Opinion
McEvoy v. Spencer
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 11, 1997No. 1306, Docket 96-9333PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents several issues concerning a pubhc employer’s right to take adverse action against an employee for exercising his First Amendment speech and his First Amendment assoeiational rights. The issues arise at the intersection of the doctrines set forth in two Supreme Court decisions, Pickering v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 563, 88 S.Ct. 1731, 20 L.Ed.2d 811 (1968), and Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976). In brief, Pickering accorded public employees some protection from adverse action taken because of their speech,…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by77 opinions
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