Kevin Tindle v. Lou Caudell, Individually and in His Capacity as Chief of Police for the City of Little Rock City of Little Rock, Arkansas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Amusing other guests at a private party with no showing of any intended message is not speech on a matter of public concern”
• police officer suspended for attending Fraternal Order of Police party wearing blackened face, bib overalls, black curly wig and carrying watermelon
• \[a] showing of actual disruption is not always required in the balancing process under Pickering \
• “A showing of actual disruption is not always required in the balancing process under Pickering.”
• “There was the potential for more direct consequences to the department than if [she] had attended a family or neighborhood party . . .”
• \[a] showing of actual disruption is not always required in the balancing process under Pickering \

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).