Legal Opinion
TUCKER v. ATWATER
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 4, 2018No. S18C0437Published
1Opinion of the Court
303 Ga. 791
FINAL COPY S18C0437. TUCKER v. ATWATER et al. ORDER OF THE COURT. The Supreme Court today denied the petition for certiorari in this case. All the Justices concur. PETERSON, Justice, concurring. This is a case about just how far the First Amendment bends in allowing government to punish its employees for the viewpoints they communicate in their private lives. I am doubtful that it allowed the punishment imposed here. But the petitioner cannot prevail on the claims she actually brought even if her right to free speech was violated, and so I concur in the denial of the writ of…
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- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Garcetti v. CeballosSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Rankin v. McPhersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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