Legal Opinion
Cotto v. United Technologies Corp.
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided May 12, 1998No. AC 16670PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DUPONT, J.
The plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the defendant on the granting of the defendant’s motion to strike the *620plaintiffs two count complaint.1 The sole issue to be resolved is whether General Statutes § 31-51q2 provides the plaintiff employee with a cause of action for monetary damages against the defendant, his private employer, after discharge from his employment resulting from an alleged exercise by the plaintiff of his federal or state constitutional right of free speech, when the speech took place at the site of the workplace. The…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. MyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- PruneYard Shopping Center v. RobinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Schenck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Waters v. ChurchillSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Daley v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- Tiernan v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1998
- Bracey v. Board Of Education Of City Of BridgeportCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- Cotto v. United Technologies Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- United States Ex Rel. Smith v. Yale UniversityDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2006
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