Miller v. Clinton County

How courts have described this case

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

• including among an employer's interests \the employer's prerogative of removing employees whose conduct impairs performance \ (emphasis added)
• finding speech unprotected, even though it “touche[d] on a matter of public concern” where it focused on the plaintiffs “private grievances as an employee”
• finding letter was not protected by First Amendment where it focused on plaintiff’s private grievances as an employee, and any statements of public concern were tangential to the private grievance
• finding letter was not protected by First Amendment where it focused on plaintiff’s private grievances as an employee, and any statements of public concern were tangential to the private grievance
• letter that was attached as an exhibit by the defendant could be considered because plaintiff's claim was based “only upon that letter,” and its contents decisively undermined plaintiff's case
• “Ray . . . for some reason has singled me out to harass me”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).