Hinshaw v. Smith

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• determining that because there was no constitutional violation under the Pickering/Connick test, there was no need to determine whether the right was clearly established
• determining that because there was no constitutional violation under the Pickering/Connick test, there was no need to determine whether the right was clearly established
• holding that introducing a bill is also quintessentially legislative
• finding denial of summary judgment motion based on immunity defense was a reviewable interlocutory order
• “We hesitate to expand the Elrod-Branti exception to a case where a party affiliation is not alleged as a basis for the termination.”
• the Noen-Pennington doctrine “is a defense to liability premised on the defendant’s actions of exercising his own private rights to free speech and to petition the government.”

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