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· 2/16/1995

Jan Johnson v. Multnomah County, Oregon, a Political Subdivision of State of Oregon William McKinley Paul Yarborough

Citations

  • 48 F.3d 420
  • 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 1138
  • 10 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 481
  • 95 Daily Journal DAR 2097
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 2894
  • 1995 WL 61328

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that recklessness of expression may be considered in the Pickering balance, but that the public employer must make a showing of actual injury
  • holding that recklessness of expression may be considered in the Pickering balance, but that the public employer must make a showing of actual injury
  • stating that, in the Pickering balance, courts may consider the \actual damage done to the government by the reckless statement\
  • stating that, in the Pickering balance, courts may consider the “actual damage done to the government by the reckless statement”
  • finding that county employee’s criticism of her supervisor as part of the “good old boy network” involved in misconduct and mismanagement was speech on a matter of public concern, even though there was evidence that the employee was personally “embittered”
  • government employee retaliated against for publicly accusing her boss of running a “good old boy network” can bring a First Amendment claim

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Judges: Norris, Thompson, Aldisert

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