Legal Opinion
Arvo W. Kannisto and the San Francisco Police Officers Association v. The City and County of San Francisco, a Municipal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 29, 1976No. 74-3193PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before WRIGHT and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and LUCAS,* District Judge. EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Kannisto, a lieutenant in the San Francisco Police Department (department), made disrespectful and disparaging remarks about a superior officer while addressing his subordinates during a morning inspection. He described his superior as a most “unreasonable, contrary, vindictive individual,” whose behavior was “unreasonable, belligerent, arrogant, contrary and unpleasant.” Kannisto also said that his superior officer had given him improper orders on several occasions,…
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