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Supreme Court· 3/31/1980

Branti v. Finkel

Citations

  • 445 U.S. 507
  • 100 S. Ct. 1287
  • 63 L. Ed. 2d 574
  • 1980 U.S. LEXIS 4
  • 1 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 91

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that public employees may not be retaliated against in violation of the First Amendment rights
  • holding that termination of public defenders because they were not affiliated with Democratic Party violated First Amendment
  • holding that an employee is not protected from political patronage dismissal if \the hiring authority can demonstrate that party affiliation is an appropriate requirement for the effective performance of the public office involved\
  • holding that public defender may act under color of state law when making hiring and firing decisions on behalf of the state
  • holding that a patronage dis- missal violates the First Amendment even if there is no aspect of coerced political work
  • holding that public defender could not discharge assistants because of their political affiliation without violating the First Amendment

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Judges: Stewart'S, Stevens, Burger, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stewart, Powell, Rehnquist

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