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Second Circuit· 7/20/1999

Adler v. Pataki

Citations

  • 185 F.3d 35
  • 1999 WL 528424

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that retaliatory action taken solely because of the protected speech of a close family member is actionable under the First Amendment
  • holding that retaliatory action taken solely because of the protected speech of a close family member is actionable under the First Amendment
  • holding that a public employee stated a First Amendment claim arising from his retaliatory discharge arising from his wife’s lawsuit
  • holding that claim that husband was terminated from public employment in retaliation for wife’s lawsuit alleging employment discrimination was rightly brought under First Amendment as an intimate association claim
  • holding that “separately numbered 11 allegations in the complaint” could be construed “as alternative theories” and that a specific 12 pleading/designation of “in the alternative” was not required
  • holding that “a spouse's claim that adverse action was taken solely against [him] in retaliation for [the] conduct of 23 24 [his] spouse should be analyzed as a claimed violation of a First Amendment right of 25 intimate association”

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Judges: Jon, Newman, Sotomayor, Walker

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