Legal Opinion
Monte D. Tucker v. State of California Department of Education James L. Phillips Maria R. Balakshin Terry Proschold
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1996No. 94-16267PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Monte Tucker, the plaintiff-appellant, is a deeply religious man who works as a computer analyst in the California State Department of Education. He contends that orders promulgated by his supervisors that forbid employees in his division from engaging in any oral or written religious advocacy in the workplace and displaying any religious artifacts, tracts or materials outside their offices or cubicles violate his rights to freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment. Although the government may have legitimate interests in preventing a number of the…
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