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Second Circuit· 3/4/1994

Blum v. Schlegel

Citations

  • 18 F.3d 1005
  • 1994 WL 67166

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  • holding that absence of probable cause is an essential element of 19 a claim for false arrest under § 1983
  • affirming district court’s holding that there was no adverse action where Plaintiff consented to postponing his tenure review
  • requiring official be subjectively aware of serious medical 19 need and fail to adequately respond to need to establish deliberate indifference
  • court considers effect of challenged law school's conduct on its \efficient provision of services\ in determining whether disciplinary action against professor violated First Amendment
  • teacher's comments, including use of hypotheticals in class advocating drug legalization, constituted speech of \public concern\
  • “the fact that an employee’s speech [critical of national drug policy] touches on matters of public concern will not render that speech protected where the employee’s motive for the speech is private and personal”

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Judges: Cardamone, Newman, Oakes

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