Legal Opinion
Love v. Rehfus
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 2011No. 30S01-1004-CV-162PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Justice.
A township fire chief terminated a firefighter for sending a private email supporting a political candidate running for township trustee to a small group of citizens because the chief believed the email contained false statements of fact. We find that the email was constitutionally protected speech under the test set forth in Pickering v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 563, 88 S.Ct. 1731, 20 L.Ed.2d 811 (1968), and its progeny. We also conclude that there are genuine issues of material fact that must be resolved in order to determine whether, as a matter of state law, the…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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