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Eighth Circuit· 7/11/1997

Burnham v. Ianni

Citations

  • 119 F.3d 668
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 17343

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the employer’s “failure to establish workplace disruption . . . is fatal to his claim of qualified immunity under a Pickering analysis”
  • noting that plaintiffs own admissions refuted its allegations of workplace disruption
  • “[T]he nature of the forum makes little difference” in the qualified immunity analysis because “viewpoint-based discrimination” is impermissible in all forums
  • “Nonverbal conduct constitutes speech if it is intended to convey a particularized message and the likelihood is great that the message will be understood by those who view it.” (citing Spence v. Washington, 418 U.S. 404, 411 (1974))

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