Donald G. Breuer v. Terry Hart, Sheriff of Warren County

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• explaining that a “finding that a speaker was motivated by narrow self-interest ... alone cannot disqualify a speaker from protection. - Wrongdoing may often be revealed to the proper authorities only by those who have some personal stake in exposing wrongdoing.”
• listing circumstances where the employee’s speech interferes with her ability to do her job or the general harmony of the workplace
• upholding dismissal of deputy sheriff for whistle blowing on alleged corruption by sheriff
• \The public employer is not required to wait until those working relationships actually disintegrate if immediate action might prevent such disintegration.\
• county’s interest in providing effective and efficient law enforcement outweighs deputy sheriffs interest in accusing sheriff of favoritism and stealing county property
• special emphasis is placed on need to encourage close and personal relationship between employee and superiors

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).