Goodrich Transit Co. v. City of Chicago

How courts have described this case

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

• holding allegations of wrongdoing by public officials are on the highest order of First Amendment concern
• information alleging abuse of public office represents public benefit entitled to great weight in Pickering balance
• information alleging abuse of public office represents public benefit entitled to great weight in Pickering balance
• “Employee acts of insubordination may tip the balancing process in favor of the employer’s interests in the efficient promotion of its services.”
• “As an employer, a governmental body enjoys a legitimate interest in promot[ing] efficiency and integrity in the discharge of official duties, and [in] maintain[ing] proper discipline in the public service.”
• public employee apparently served as self-appointed FBI informant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).