Dick Lalowski v. City of Des Plaines

How courts have described this case

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• noting that police officers have a \responsibilit[y] . . . to foster a relationship of trust and respect with the public\
• noting that a police officer “compromised the community’s trust in its police officers”
• noting the manner of the employee’s speech weighed against the employee because “[h]is words and deeds were abusive and degrading,” “going far beyond what was necessary to communicate his displeasure with [the protesters’] meth- ods”
• “On review of cross-motions for summary judgment, we view all facts and inferences in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party on each motion.”
• “In general, when all federal claims are dismissed before trial, the district court should relinquish jurisdiction over pendent state-law claims rather than resolving them on the merits.” (quotation marks omitted)
• police officer’s use of “profane and disrespectful language” to members of the public at a protest not protected because it led to confrontation with other officers and undermined public’s confidence in department

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).