Heffernan v. Straub

How courts have described this case

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

• holding plaintiff’s speech was made pursuant to his official duties when “an ordinary citizen not employed by the Fire Bureau would not . . . have the opportunity to convey [his opinion] through the channels that he utilized.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• Frisenda v. INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF MALVERNE
  E.D. New York· 2011-03-31· cited 55×

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 6,021×
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 5,562×
• Garcetti v. Ceballos
  Supreme Court· 2006-05-30· cited 2,871×
• Carol A. Gallo v. Prudential Residential Services, Limited Partnership, Doing Business as Prudential Relocation Management
  Second Circuit· 1994-04-27· cited 2,455×
• Tamayo v. Blagojevich
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-05-27· cited 1,583×
• Ruotolo v. City of New York
  Second Circuit· 2008-02-06· cited 1,344×
• Diesel v. Town of Lewisboro
  Second Circuit· 2000-11-09· cited 292×
• Morris v. Lindau
  Second Circuit· 1999-10-21· cited 210×
• Williams v. Dallas Independent School District
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-03-01· cited 171×
• Weisbarth v. Geauga Park District
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-08-24· cited 146×
• Washington v. County of Rockland
  Second Circuit· 2004-06-25· cited 110×
• Brenda Mills v. City of Evansville, Indiana
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-06-20· cited 91×
• Piscottano v. Murphy
  Second Circuit· 2007-12-21· cited 77×
• Yarde v. Good Samaritan Hospital
  S.D. New York· 2005-03-01· cited 57×
• Clue v. Johnson
  Second Circuit· 1999-06-10· cited 42×
• Almonte v. City of Long Beach
  Second Circuit· 2007-02-14· cited 41×