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Supreme Court· 6/19/2014

Lane v. Franks

Citations

  • 134 S. Ct. 2369
  • 189 L. Ed. 2d 312
  • 2014 U.S. LEXIS 4302
  • 82 U.S.L.W. 4513
  • 24 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 875
  • 38 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 585
  • 2014 WL 2765285
  • 98 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,095

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that testimony given under oath regarding a public corruption scandal raises a matter of public concern that strikes at the heart of the protections the First Amendment sought to safeguard
  • holding that the speech’s form—sworn testimony in a judicial proceeding—fortified the conclusion that the speech was on a matter of public concern
  • holding that a public employee who had given sworn testimony at a former co-worker’s trial was protected by the First Amendment and Section 1983 from retaliatory action by his employer
  • holding that Eleventh Circuit precedent had not clearly established that “subpoenaed testimony concerning information acquired through public employment is speech of a citizen entitled to First Amendment protection”
  • holding that truthful sworn testimony in court given outside job duties is protected, but declining to address question whether truthful sworn testimony pursuant to employ- ee’s ordinary job duties would be protected
  • holding that a public employee’s testimony, compelled by subpoena, but given outside of the course of his ordinary job duties, is protected by the First Amendment even when it concerns information learned during the course of the employee's job

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Judges: Sotomayor

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