Legal Opinion
Anne Galli v. New Jersey Meadowlands Commission Susan Bass Levin, in Her Official and Individual Capacities
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 20, 2007No. 05-4114PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
An apolitical government employee appeals a grant of summary judgment rejecting her claim that she was fired in violation of her First Amendment rights because she failed to support the administration or political party in power. We hold that First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and association protect government employees who lack a political affiliation from political patronage discrimination. We therefore vacate the District Court’s grant of summary judgment and remand for application of this legal standard.
I. Factual Background and…
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