Swaaley v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that federal employees have First Amendment protections when petitioning the Government for redress of grievances
• first amendment right to petition for redress extends to civilian Navy employee’s letter to the Secretary of the Navy concerning favoritism in promotions
• First Amendment source of informers’ right discussed in context of discharge of federal employee for informing on superior

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• The United States v. Patrick J. Connolly
  Federal Circuit· 1983-09-06· cited 492×
• Louise J. Hamlet v. The United States
  Federal Circuit· 1989-04-27· cited 347×
• Louis G. Ruderer v. The United States
  Court of Claims· 1969-07-16· cited 191×
• Jane Doe v. Robert E. Hampton, Individually and as Chairman, U. S. Civil Service Commission
  D.C. Circuit· 1977-11-03· cited 164×
• Mavis Day v. South Park Independent School District
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-08-16· cited 79×
• Cortright v. Resor
  Second Circuit· 1971-08-20· cited 68×
• Candace M. Hanson v. F. Nordy Hoffmann, Sergeant at Arms, His Agents, Predecessors and Successors, United States Senate
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-02-08· cited 54×
• Related Industries, Inc. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1983-05-26· cited 38×
• Chambers v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1971-10-15· cited 36×
• Featheringill v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1978-05-17· cited 34×
• Anita J. Ring v. Honorable James R. Schlesinger and Honorable John W. Warner
  D.C. Circuit· 1974-08-16· cited 33×
• Rosano v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1985-11-06· cited 27×
• Francis M. Fiorillo v. U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons
  Federal Circuit· 1986-07-02· cited 26×
• Horace Ray Jackson v. The United States
  Court of Claims· 1970-07-15· cited 25×
• Crain v. Krehbiel
  N.D. California· 1978-02-03· cited 23×
• Paul W. Burkett v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1968-11-15· cited 22×
• Brousseau v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1981-01-14· cited 20×
• B. M. Williams v. Ivan Allen, Jr.
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-03-18· cited 17×
• Walker v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1986-10-16· cited 17×
• Fishkin v. United States Civil Service Commission
  N.D. California· 1969-05-19· cited 12×