· 8/7/2003
Guilloty-Perez v. Fuentes Agostini
Citations
- 339 F.3d 43
- 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 16155
- 2003 WL 21805195
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that law enforcement agent’s internal reports of misconduct by fellow officers involved matters of public concern and contrasting such speech with employee’s complaints in Tang
- holding that public’s interest in law enforcement officer’s statements describing his suspicion about the mishandling of an investigation and possible police corruption and perjury outweighed law enforcement agency’s interest in maintaining workplace harmony
- referring to Mt. Healthy City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274, 287 (1977)
- describing “substantial public interest” in an employee’s reports of supervisor misconduct
- recognizing discipline as relevant consideration
- “Guilloty’s frustrations with the conduct of his fellow agents and his supervisor ... went beyond mere concerns over the internal working conditions of the department.”
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Judges: Torruella, Selya, Lipez
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