RICHARD LEACH v. STATE OF FLORIDA

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• recognizing that “public corruption or wrongdoing,” which is present in the “typical Pickering case,” is almost always a matter of public concern
• finding a matter of “personal interest ... also one of public concern”
• voicing objections to new lottery policies to Connecticut Gaming Policy Board
• to decide whether an employee’s speech involves a matter of public concern, a court should focus on the motive of the speaker
• must analyze whether speech was calculated to redress personal grievances or whether it was motivated by more general public purpose even if content of speech was generally issue of public concern
• termination of lottery unit chief whose job was to communicate with the media was proper after he refused to present Board approved changes to Gaming Commission and spoke out against the newly approved lotto policies

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).