Legal Opinion

Brantley v. Wysocki

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided October 30, 2015No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-4185PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

KEARNEY, District Judge.

Employment supervisors cannot enlist police officers to arrest'Workplace adversaries in retaliation for challenging the supervisor’s alleged violation of union members’ rights to overtime and other contract benefits. Questions of fact require the jury to determine whether an- employment supervisor has improperly retaliated against an employee’s exercise of First Amendment rights to protected speech when the supervisor, for an unknown reason, convinces a Pennsylvania state police corporal to charge her employee with au-diotaping a grievance meeting without…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  5. Scott v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 2007

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Baker v. Benton Area School DistrictDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2019

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