24 Cited authorities

Garcetti v. Ceballos
547 U.S. 410 (2006) Cited 4,010 times 62 Legal Analyses
Holding if an employee does not speak as a citizen on a matter of public concern, "the employee has no First Amendment cause of action based on his or her employer's reaction to the speech"
Elrod v. Burns
427 U.S. 347 (1976) Cited 4,212 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that local government could not constitutionally base public employment opportunities on political affiliation or nonaffiliation
Boos v. Barry
485 U.S. 312 (1988) Cited 830 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding a law was content-based where it prohibited speech critical of a foreign government within 500 feet of that government’s embassy
Salinger v. Colting
607 F.3d 68 (2d Cir. 2010) Cited 594 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that eBay applies “with equal force” to preliminary injunctions in copyright cases
Thornhill v. Alabama
310 U.S. 88 (1940) Cited 1,688 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that a law is overbroad if it does not aim specifically at evils within the allowable area of control, but sweeps within its ambit other activities that constitute an exercise of First Amendment rights
Bond v. Floyd
385 U.S. 116 (1966) Cited 262 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Court had jurisdiction to review whether Georgia House of Representatives deprived one of its members of his constitutional rights when it refused to seat him on account of statements he had made criticizing the conduct of the war in Vietnam
Immuno Ag. v. Moor-Jankowski
77 N.Y.2d 235 (N.Y. 1991) Cited 375 times
Holding that the New York State Constitution independently provides protection for statements of opinion greater than those required by the First Amendment
Thrasher v. U.S. Liab. Ins. Co.
19 N.Y.2d 159 (N.Y. 1967) Cited 371 times
Holding that in the context of an automobile liability insurance, an assertion of the failure of an insured to cooperate cannot succeed unless "the attitude of the insured, after his co-operation was sought, was one of willful and avowed obstruction"
Gold Star v. Lloyds
113 F.3d 1229 (2d Cir. 1997) Cited 138 times 1 Legal Analyses
Finding employment purpose where public utility obtained and relied on credit report of plaintiff to determine that his company should not be included in a directory of reliable service providers whom utility customers might hire
Matter of Schulz v. State
81 N.Y.2d 336 (N.Y. 1993) Cited 121 times
Finding an 11-month delay unreasonable in constitutional challenge brought against the procedural enactment of public financing laws

In the Matter of Vilma Lancaster, et al., Appellants,v.Incorporated Village of Freeport, et al., Respondents. (Proceeding No. 1)---------------------------------In the Matter of William F. Glacken, et al., Appellants, v. Incorporated Village of Freeport, et al., Respondents. (Proceeding No. 2)

24 Cited authorities

Holding if an employee does not speak as a citizen on a matter of public concern, "the employee has no First Amendment cause of action based on his or her employer's reaction to the speech"

Holding that local government could not constitutionally base public employment opportunities on political affiliation or nonaffiliation

Holding a law was content-based where it prohibited speech critical of a foreign government within 500 feet of that government’s embassy

Holding that eBay applies “with equal force” to preliminary injunctions in copyright cases

Holding that a law is overbroad if it does not aim specifically at evils within the allowable area of control, but sweeps within its ambit other activities that constitute an exercise of First Amendment rights

Holding that the Court had jurisdiction to review whether Georgia House of Representatives deprived one of its members of his constitutional rights when it refused to seat him on account of statements he had made criticizing the conduct of the war in Vietnam

Holding that the New York State Constitution independently provides protection for statements of opinion greater than those required by the First Amendment

Holding that in the context of an automobile liability insurance, an assertion of the failure of an insured to cooperate cannot succeed unless "the attitude of the insured, after his co-operation was sought, was one of willful and avowed obstruction"

Finding employment purpose where public utility obtained and relied on credit report of plaintiff to determine that his company should not be included in a directory of reliable service providers whom utility customers might hire

Finding an 11-month delay unreasonable in constitutional challenge brought against the procedural enactment of public financing laws