· 7/7/1989
Mary Pieczynski v. Katherine Duffy and Roberto Maldonado
Citations
- 875 F.2d 1331
How courts have described this case
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- holding that nontrivial threats and harassment are actionable
- holding that nontrivial threats and harassment are actionable
- noting that harassment based on political beliefs could violate the First Amendment “unless the harassment is so trivial that a person of ordinary firmness would not be deterred from holding or expressing those beliefs”
- noting harassment does not violate the First Amendment if it is \so trivial that person of ordinary firmness would not be deterred from holding or expressing those beliefs\
- noting harassment does not violate the First Amendment if it is “so trivial that person of ordinary firmness would not be deterred from holding or expressing those beliefs”
- “Harassment of a public employee ... violates the First Amendment unless the harassment is so trivial that a person of ordinary firmness would not be deterred from ... expressing those beliefs.”
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Judges: Cummings, Posner, Kanne
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