Supreme Court· 4/5/1976

Kelley v. Johnson

Citations

425 U.S. 238
96 S. Ct. 1440
47 L. Ed. 2d 708
1976 U.S. LEXIS 35
11 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 10,788

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holding that the constitutional validity of an organizational structure, with its implementing regulations, “does not depend ... on any doctrine of historical prescription”
holding that any residual Fourteenth Amendment liberty interest a person has in his speech is necessarily narrower than his First Amendment interest in that same speech
holding that a police department's grooming policy did not violate the liberty rights of the policemen, assuming such liberty rights existed
holding that any residual Fourteenth Amendment liberty interest a person has in his speech is necessarily narrower than his First Amendment interest in that same speech
recognizing that police departments should be granted deference to make choices related to “discipline, espirit de corps, and uniformity”
holding that any residual Fourteenth Amendment liberty interest a person has in his speech is necessarily narrower than his First Amendment interest in that same speech

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Judges: Rehnquist, Burger, Stewart, White, Blacicmun, Powell, Marshall, Brennan, Stevens

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