Legal Opinion
LeFande v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 8, 2016No. 15-7055PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TÁTEL, Circuit Judge:
Matthew LeFande served as a police reserve officer with the Metropolitan Police Department for fifteen years until the department fired him for making harsh and accusatory statements to his superiors in emails with his co-workers cc’d. Alleging that the emails constitute protected speech, LeFande argues that his termination violated the First Amendment. The district court disagreed, as do we. Under Pickering v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 563, 88 S.Ct. 1731, 20 L.Ed.2d 811 (1968), LeFande’s emails enjoy no First Amendment protection because his interest in sending them…
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