Legal Opinion
J.R. Bryson, Cross-Appellee v. City of Waycross, C.B. Heys, W. Lynn Taylor, Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 30, 1989No. 88-8888PublishedCited by 214 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge.
By applying the criteria set forth in Pickering v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 563, 88 S.Ct. 1731, 20 L.Ed.2d 811 (1968), we affirm the district court’s ruling that a police officer’s statements regarding the activities of the police chief were matters of public concern, but not speech protected by the first amendment to the Constitution; consequently, adverse personnel actions could lawfully be taken against the police officer.
I.FACTS
In November, 1987, Police Captain J.R. Bryson, an officer with twenty-three years service on the Waycross, Georgia police force, filed…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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