Legal Opinion
Thompson v. City of Minneapolis
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 12, 1980No. 50374PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHERAN, Chief Justice.
Plaintiff-appellant Martin A. Thompson brings this appeal, challenging the adverse decision of the Hennepin County District Court on cross-motions for a summary judgment. 1 Appellant had asked the district court for a judgment that a Minneapolis Civil Service Commission rule, under which he was disciplined for making three statements published in a newspaper, was unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
We affirm the judgment of the district court that the rule was not unconstitutional as applied to one of appellant’s three statements. As to the other two statements,…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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