Legal Opinion
Flynn v. Giarrusso
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 25, 1971No. Civ. A. 70-3570PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEEBE, District Judge:
The plaintiff, Van H. Flynn, a lieutenant of the New Orleans Police Department, was suspended from the force for writing an article critical of the police administration. In the article, entitled “Who’s Shaking the Political Plum Tree?????” Lt. Flynn claimed that (1) pai’king spaces in the police complex were reserved for “sacred cows” instead of on-duty policemen required to testify in the adjoining court building and that (2) the men of the narcotics division were “glamour boys” who refused to assist the patrolmen in narcotics arrests in the early morning hours.
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2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Ezra Waters v. Clinton Chaffin, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Gasparinetti v. KerrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Fabio v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, ETC.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Terrance O'Brien v. Town of Caledonia, Town of Caledonia Fire and Police Committee, and Gerd Hodermann, Chief of Police, Town of CaledoniaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Levy v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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