Jeanne Robinson David J. Marc v. George G. Balog Robert Guston, Bureau Head Leonard H. Addison, Bureau Head Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

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• discussing that the Director of Baltimore Department of Public Works had power to choose whom to hire, promote, discharge, and transfer within the department, but that was not sufficient to establish that he had authority to craft municipal policy
• Plaintiffs who were “conscripted” by government officials to tell their story engaged in protected speech.
• “Gilchrist certainly was correct to concede that there were no relevant facts upon which he could base an argument that Smith’s interest ... was outweighed by the government’s interest _” (emphasis added)
• “In view of the lack of evidence supporting the [government’s] interest in disciplining [the employees] for their speech, we hold that the district court erred in precipitously resolving the Pickering balance in favor of the defendants.” (emphasis added)
• “In view of the lack of evidence supporting the [government’s] interest in disciplining [the employees] for their speech, we hold that the district court erred in precipitously resolving the Pickering balance in favor of the defendants.” (emphasis added)
• “In view of the lack of evidence supporting the [government’s] interest in disciplining [the employees] for their speech, we hold that the district court erred in precipitously resolving the Pickering balance in favor of the defendants.” (emphasis added)

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