Second Circuit· 8/21/2009

Sousa v. Roque

Citations

578 F.3d 164
29 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1042
2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 18844
92 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,656
2009 WL 2568949

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concluding that the district court erred in finding that plaintiff’s “speech did not address a matter of public concern because he was motivated by employment grievances”
concluding that the district court erred in finding that plaintiff’s “speech did not address a matter of public concern because he was motivated by employment grievances”
reaffirming the holding of Reuland, and holding that “the speaker’s motive, while one factor that may be considered, is not dis-positive as to whether his speech addressed a matter of public concern”
“an employee’s dissatisfaction with the conditions of his employment, does not pertain to a matter of public concern”
“An employee who complains solely about his own dissatisfaction with the conditions of his own employment is speaking ‘upon matters only of personal interest’”
employee who complains solely about dissatisfaction with employment conditions speaks on matters only of personal interest

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Judges: Cabranes, Hall, Gleeson

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