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· 10/31/2006

Gary Mitchell v. Hillsborough County

Citations

  • 468 F.3d 1276
  • 25 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 457
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 27058
  • 2006 WL 3071412

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  • “Content is undoubtedly the most important factor in assessing whether particular speech touches on a matter of public concern.”
  • “Thus, if [the plaintiff’s] speech, when context, form and motivation are weighed, truly did act as a satire or parody, and the point of that satire or parody was to express a viewpoint in the Public Access debate, the speech could touch on a matter of public concern.”

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Judges: Tjoflat, Kravitch, Jordan

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