Mantzaris v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the “relevant focus of analysis is the inherent duties of the position in question, not the work actually performed by the person who happens to occupy the office”
• allegation that employees were dismissed “in substantial part” because they were “active in union activities” sufficient under federal notice pleading to state a claim for first amendment retaliation
• “Because Michigan law statutorily imposes the inherent policy-making responsibilities of the prosecutor on the assistant prosecutor, we hold that the job of assistant prosecutor is a policy-making position.”
• allegation that employees were dismissed \in substantial part\ because they were \active in union activities\ sufficient under federal notice pleading to state a claim for first amendment retaliation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).