Susan Hobler Linda Southwell v. Gary Brueher, in His Individual Capacity

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• noting that a public employer cannot avoid liability under the First Amendment by simply titling an employee as “confidential staff’
• “policymaker” exception applies to “certain key personnel who aren’t policymakers ... but who are critical to effective policy implementation, and whose loyalty and confidentiality are necessary”
• prosecutor entitled to loyal secretaries who would carry out his policies
• listing factors relevant to whether one is a confidential employee
• secretary who advised prosecutor regarding hiring decisions was confidential

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).