Galloza-Gonzalez v. Foy

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “the goal of the [Branti ] analysis is not to shackle a new administration”
• noting that open-ended job description duties generally allow the employee to exercise discretion “and, thus, tend to indicate that a position is policymaking in nature”
• holding the regional administrator for the state’s municipal tax collection agency was a policymaker
• indicating that the “policies espoused by a new administration, presumably desired by the citizens whose votes elected that administration, must be given a fair opportunity to flourish”
• stating that “job descriptions with duties that are broad or open-ended generally allow for the latitude to exercise discretionary judgment (and, thus, tend to indicate that a position is policymaking in nature).” (citations omitted)
• “[I]f a formal job description exists, it is important for an inquiring court to look to the specifics of that document.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).