68 Cited authorities

  1. Garcetti v. Ceballos

    547 U.S. 410 (2006)   Cited 3,995 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"
  2. Connick v. Myers

    461 U.S. 138 (1983)   Cited 5,843 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an employer need not "allow events to unfold to the extent that the disruption of the office and the destruction of working relationships is manifest before taking action"
  3. Grayned v. City of Rockford

    408 U.S. 104 (1972)   Cited 4,696 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute's words, even when "marked by flexibility and reasonable breadth, rather than meticulous specificity," are clear based on "what the ordinance as a whole prohibits"
  4. Pickering v. Board of Education

    391 U.S. 563 (1968)   Cited 5,641 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding teacher's dismissal for criticizing school board unconstitutional
  5. Perry v. Sindermann

    408 U.S. 593 (1972)   Cited 4,492 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that mutually explicit understanding could give rise to protected property interest
  6. Snyder v. Phelps

    562 U.S. 443 (2011)   Cited 804 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Westboro Baptist Church's protest of military funerals with signs that display "Thank God for IEDs" and "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" is protected speech
  7. Perry Ed. Assn. v. Perry Local Educators' Assn

    460 U.S. 37 (1983)   Cited 2,229 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that content-neutral time, place, and manner restrictions on speech must be "narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest, and leave open ample alternative channels of communication"
  8. Virginia v. Black

    538 U.S. 343 (2003)   Cited 1,014 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the First Amendment protects the burning of a 25–foot cross at a Ku Klux Klan rally
  9. New York v. Ferber

    458 U.S. 747 (1982)   Cited 1,985 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding child pornography is not subject to First Amendment protections
  10. Rankin v. McPherson

    483 U.S. 378 (1987)   Cited 1,607 times
    Holding clerical employee's dismissal for supporting assassination attempt on President unconstitutional
  11. Section 500.13 - Content and form of briefs in normal course appeals

    N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 22 § 500.13

    (a) Content. All briefs shall conform to the requirements of section 500.1 of this Part and contain a table of contents, a table of cases and authorities, questions presented, point headings, and, if necessary, a disclosure statement pursuant to section 500.1(f) of this Part. Such disclosure statement shall be included before the table of contents in the party's principal brief. Appellant's brief shall include a statement showing that the court has jurisdiction to entertain the appeal and to review