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Article Index » human resources » free speech protections
Report Link Termination of Public Employee for Maintaining and Participating in Sexually Explicit Website Did Not Violate First Amendment (scroll down).
Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt - August 15, 2007
In Dible v. City of Chandler, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a summary judgment for the City of Chandler, Arizona and its police department, and found that the discharge of police officer Ronald Dible for operating and participating in a sexually explicit website did not violate Dible's First Amendment free speech rights.
Report Link Public Employers Gain Measure of Protection for Employment Decisions Based on Statements Made as Part of Job Duties.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. - June 29, 2006
The United States Supreme Court's decision in Garcetti, et al. v. Ceballos (Case No. 04-473, May 30, 2006) offers some protection to public employers regarding employment decisions based on statements made as part of an employee's official duties. In a 5-4 decision, the Court held that statements made in the course of an employee's performance of duties do not constitute protected speech, and employees can be subjected to discipline for such statements.
Report Link First Amendment Free Speech Protection May Apply to Hospital Director Fired After Complaints About Management.
Jackson Lewis LLP - November 04, 2003
A former director for an Ohio mental hospital may proceed with a lawsuit alleging her termination violated her right to free speech under the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.

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