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)
547 U.S. 410 (2006) Cited 4,018 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"
310 U.S. 88 (1940) Cited 1,689 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
385 U.S. 116 (1966) Cited 263 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
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