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· 7/7/1989

Mary Pieczynski v. Katherine Duffy and Roberto Maldonado

Citations

  • 875 F.2d 1331

How courts have described this case

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

  • 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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