Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 4/29/1993
Pruitt v. Howard County Sheriff's Department
Citations
- 623 A.2d 696
- 96 Md. App. 60
- 1993 Md. App. LEXIS 77
How courts have described this case
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- police officers’ parody of Hogan’s Heros involving Nazi salutes, clicking heels, and utterances in German was a matter of private amusement, not public concern
- officers who parodied “Hogan’s Heroes” by uttering German words and raising their arms in Nazi-like salutes did not speak on a matter of public concern because the officers only “intended for amusement, bereft of any political content”
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Judges: Moylan, Bloom and Wenner
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