James E. Miller, Jr. v. Arthur L. Jones, Police Chief

How courts have described this case

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• finding protected speech where police officer complained about police chiefs actions to several separate entities including civilian oversight board
• police officer demoted after opposing the police chief's attempt to \us[e] his official position to coerce a financially independent organization into a potentially ruinous merger\
• police officer demoted after opposing the police chief’s attempt to “us[e] his official position to coerce a financially independent organization into a potentially ruinous merger”
• “Our cases have consistently held that speech alleging government malfeasance addresses matters of public concern in its substance.”
• “Our cases have consistently held that speech alleging government malfeasance addresses matters of public concern in its substance.”
• prohibition on retaliation against public employees who exercise First Amendment speech rights “extends to retaliatory transfers to a less desired position”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).