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· 9/29/1986

Glen McMurphy v. City of Flushing, and Bernard Van Osdale, Vernon Royston, Individually and Jointly

Citations

  • 802 F.2d 191
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 31368

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Obviously, the public is concerned with how a police department is operated, and efforts to give public exposure to alleged misconduct are protected.”
  • Connick reaffirmed that if any part of the speech of an employee that contributes to the discharge relates to matters of public concern, the trial court must conduct a Pickering balancing of interests

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Judges: Lively, Wellford, Boggs

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