Legal Opinion
Karins v. City of Atlantic City
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 18, 1998PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
COLEMAN, J.
The issue raised in this appeal is whether the First Amendment prevents a municipality from disciplining an off-duty firefighter for directing a racial epithet at an on-duty police officer. While James Karins, an off-duty firefighter employed by the City of Atlantic City (“City”), was being interviewed by a City police officer during a drunk driving traffic stop, he uttered a racial epithet when an African-American policeman arrived as a back-up officer. Karins was charged by the City Fire Department (A.C.F.D.) with violating department…
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