Bickel v. Burkhart

How courts have described this case

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

• high stakes of firefighting necessitates greater operational efficiency and, therefore, courts weigh the state’s interest in regulating speech of firemen more heavily
• fire department, like police department, has greater interest than normal government employer in maintaining morale and discipline
• fireman’s speaking out at a public meeting indicating that his fire station was inadequately maintained and overworked constitutionally protected
• context factor weighed in favor of employees who complained at meeting following statement by administrator that they could talk about anything that was on their minds
• \impermissible retaliation [need] not result in the termination of his employment\ in order to be actionable under 1983, but the employer's actions must alter \important conditions of employment\
• remarks directed at the fire department as an institution which were not made in a hostile or threatening manner and which did not interfere with the operation of the fire department held to be constitutionally protected

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Cited by

52 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Charles E. Egger v. Harlan C. Phillips
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-06-22· cited 377×
• Sheldon L. Wulf v. The City of Wichita, Gene Denton, and Richard Lamunyon
  Tenth Circuit· 1989-10-31· cited 271×
• Patrice SHARP, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF HOUSTON; Et Al., Defendants, City of Houston, Defendant-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-02-10· cited 201×
• American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County School Board
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-02-05· cited 165×
• Thomas G. Koch v. City of Hutchinson
  Tenth Circuit· 1988-06-02· cited 161×
• Richard Williams v. The City of Valdosta
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-10-21· cited 157×
• Duane P. Brasslett v. Raymond J. Cota, Jr.
  First Circuit· 1985-05-16· cited 156×
• Agosto-de-Feliciano v. Aponte-Roque
  First Circuit· 1989-12-08· cited 155×
• Robert Lee Wilson v. Irvin T. Taylor, as Acting Chairman and Examiner, Civil Service Board
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-10-13· cited 154×
• Branton v. City of Dallas
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-11-09· cited 126×
• William E. Hughes v. Alan S. Whitmer
  Eighth Circuit· 1983-09-15· cited 125×
• Lois E. Wren v. W. Nyles Spurlock, Hugh Simmons and Carbon County School District Number One
  Tenth Circuit· 1986-08-11· cited 107×
• Ezra Waters v. Clinton Chaffin, Etc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-09-03· cited 90×
• Ardith McPherson v. Walter Rankin, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Constable, Precinct One of Harris County, Tx and Harris County Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-07-12· cited 81×
• Cobb v. Sun Papers, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-04-12· cited 80×
• Leyla B. DE ANDA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-03-03· cited 75×
• Odessa L. Reeves, Cross-Appellee v. Claiborne County Board of Education, and John C. Noble Cross-Appellant
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-10-05· cited 72×
• Mary Ann Fyfe v. John Curlee, in His Official Capacity, and the Aberdeen Municipal Separate School District
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-06-05· cited 70×
• Jerry G. Allen, Cross-Appellee v. Autauga County Board of Education, Cross- Manya E. Ogle v. Autauga County Board of Education
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-09-16· cited 56×
• Thomas Berdin, Cross-Appellants v. John Duggan, Cross-Appellees
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-04-01· cited 50×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle
  Supreme Court· 1977-01-11· cited 7,445×
• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 6,021×
• Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-01-21· cited 3,561×
• Garrison v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1964-11-23· cited 1,859×
• Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-09· cited 1,018×
• Dafro M. JEFFERIES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARRIS COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-04-21· cited 203×
• Robert Janusaitis v. Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department
  Second Circuit· 1979-09-19· cited 151×
• Juanita CAUSEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-07-24· cited 102×
• Parson v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-07-10· cited 96×
• Deborah J. Schneider, Cross-Appellant v. The City of Atlanta (Bureau of Corrections), and J. D. Hudson, Ind., Etc., Cross-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-12-08· cited 88×
• Van Ooteghem v. Gray
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-10-22· cited 59×
• Robert Michael Davis v. Lewis Williams
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-05-19· cited 25×
• Swilley v. Alexander
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-11-03· cited 23×
• Marie J. Bradford v. Tarrant County Junior College District, Joe B. Rushing, Chancellor, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-05-08· cited 22×
• Nicholas E. D'AnDreA v. Ralph W. Adams, President of Troy State University
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-09-26· cited 22×
• Premier Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Cross v. Julio R. Serrano, Cross
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-12-29· cited 7×
• Vernon A. Stone, Cross-Appellee v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Cross-Appellants
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-07-03· cited 7×

Other cases named Bickel v. Burkhart

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Bickel v. Burkhart
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-12-17· cited 14×
• Bickel v. Burkhart
  N.D. Texas· 1978-11-22