Lake James Community Volunteer Fire Department, Incorporated v. Burke County, North Carolina

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• holding enforceable a Fire Department's \limited waiver\ of some First Amendment rights in a contract with a county government
• stating that a contractual waiver of a constitutional right must be knowing and voluntary
• explaining that if contractual waiver of constitutional right is knowing, voluntary, and does not undermine public interest, \courts have routinely enforced voluntary agreements\ that waive free speech rights
• holding enforceable a Fire Department’s “limited waiver” of some First Amendment rights in a contract with a county government
• stating that a contractual waiver of a constitutional right must be knowing and voluntary
• commenting “simply because a contract includes the waiver of a constitutional right does not render the contract per se unenforceable” and including the right to a jury trial in a list of waivers of rights that have been upheld

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