Alliance for Consumer Protection v. Milk Marketing Board

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a plaintiff may allege denial of procedural due process by providing evidence that the employer denied him an impartial tribunal
• finding the law clearly established that such speech has been protected since 1983
• statements in opposition to alleged discriminatory employment practices are speech on a matter of public concern
• “In the present case, [the plaintiff] was not addressing concerns relating to employment practices which affected him directly____ Contrary to defendants’ assertion, [the plaintiffs] statements cannot be characterized simply as a personal grievance.”
• defendant who articulates no interest to offset plaintiffs interest in speaking on matters of public concern reasonably should have known that his conduct would not survive a balancing inquiry under well-defined contours of Pickering
• evidence of corruption are matters of public concern

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).