33 Cited authorities

  1. Lane v. Franks

    573 U.S. 228 (2014)   Cited 1,117 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding testimony in criminal proceedings regarding public corruption raised a matter of public concern
  2. Pickering v. Board of Education

    391 U.S. 563 (1968)   Cited 5,755 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding teacher's dismissal for criticizing school board unconstitutional
  3. Broadrick v. Oklahoma

    413 U.S. 601 (1973)   Cited 3,494 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Oklahoma may regulate the political activities of its state employees
  4. Anderson v. Celebrezze

    460 U.S. 780 (1983)   Cited 1,551 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Ohio statute requiring independent candidates to file statements of candidacy by March to appear on November ballot was unconstitutional
  5. Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart

    427 U.S. 539 (1976)   Cited 1,441 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that challenge to restraining order against press coverage of trial that expired after jury empanelment was not moot because such orders are short lived and press was likely to dispute similar orders in the future
  6. United States v. Treasury Employees

    513 U.S. 454 (1995)   Cited 571 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding federal-employee honoraria ban unconstitutional
  7. United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers

    413 U.S. 548 (1973)   Cited 932 times
    Holding that Congress's interest in maintaining an apolitical bureaucracy justified the Hatch Act's restrictions on political activity
  8. Sillman v. Twentieth Century-Fox

    3 N.Y.2d 395 (N.Y. 1957)   Cited 6,163 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Finding that provision prohibited assignments when the provision stated, in part, that "neither party hereto shall assign this agreement . . . without the prior written consent of the other party," and "that [defendant] shall not be required to recognize any assignments; and that if [defendant] shall receive notice of the existence of any assignment, it shall have the right to withhold payments until the assignment is cancelled or withdrawn"
  9. JMD Holding Corp. v. Congress Financial Corp.

    4 N.Y.3d 373 (N.Y. 2005)   Cited 733 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding that plaintiff was not entitled to judgment as a matter of law where it failed to present evidence that liquidated damages were grossly disproportionate or that actual damages were capable of precise estimation at the time of the agreement's execution.
  10. Jackler v. Byrne

    658 F.3d 225 (2d Cir. 2011)   Cited 375 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[a public employee] had a strong First Amendment interest in refusing to make a report that was dishonest"
  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 506,096 times   709 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation
  12. Section 7803 - Questions raised

    N.Y. CPLR 7803   Cited 5,070 times
    Listing the “only questions” that may be raised in an Article 78 proceeding