Legal Opinion
Tepedino v. Dumpson
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 28, 1969PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Fuld.
In July of 1963, the petitioners, who were employed as social, investigators, with tenure, by the Department of Welfare of the City of New York (hereafter referred to as the Department), addressed a letter, as representatives of a labor union, to the Director of the Bureau of Family Services of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare in Washington, D. C. Consisting of two pages, it combined criticism of existing procedures1 and a request for infor*708mation which (it was asserted) the petitioners had been unable to obtain from their superiors. The letter was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Puentes v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
3Cited by1 opinion
- Brukiewa v. Police CommissionerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1970