57 Cited authorities

  1. 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"
  2. Connick v. Myers

    461 U.S. 138 (1983)   Cited 5,851 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. Pickering v. Board of Education

    391 U.S. 563 (1968)   Cited 5,651 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding teacher's dismissal for criticizing school board unconstitutional
  4. Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart

    427 U.S. 539 (1976)   Cited 1,426 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the record [was] lacking in evidence to support" a finding that alternative "measures might not be adequate"
  5. 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
  6. Meyer v. Grant

    486 U.S. 414 (1988)   Cited 548 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the circulation of a petition seeking a ballot initiative is an "interactive communication concerning political change that is appropriately described as ‘core political speech’ "
  7. Yamaha Corp. of America v. State Bd. of Equalization

    19 Cal.4th 1 (Cal. 1998)   Cited 640 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “administrative interpretation ... will be accorded great respect by the courts and will be followed it not clearly erroneous”
  8. Aguilar v. Avis Rent A Car System, Inc.

    21 Cal.4th 121 (Cal. 1999)   Cited 582 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that enjoining a defendant's use of racial epithets at the defendant's workplace was not an unconstitutional prior restraint because it was based "on [his] continuing course of repetitive conduct" that violated employment discrimination law
  9. Wood v. Georgia

    370 U.S. 375 (1962)   Cited 394 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the rule that "[C]ongress has the power to circumscribe the political activities of federal employees in the career public service" does not apply to elected officials
  10. 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
  11. Section Amendment I - Religion and Expression

    U.S. Const. amend. I   Cited 7,057 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing the "right to petition the Government for redress of grievances"
  12. Section 2317 - Ostensible authority

    Cal. Civ. Code § 2317   Cited 227 times

    Ostensible authority is such as a principal, intentionally or by want of ordinary care, causes or allows a third person to believe the agent to possess. Ca. Civ. Code § 2317 Enacted 1872.

  13. Section 8

    Cal. Const. art. II § 8   Cited 163 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Outlining initiative process for amending the state constitution
  14. Section 2316 - Actual authority

    Cal. Civ. Code § 2316   Cited 102 times

    Actual authority is such as a principal intentionally confers upon the agent, or intentionally, or by want of ordinary care, allows the agent to believe himself to possess. Ca. Civ. Code § 2316 Enacted 1872.

  15. Section 3

    Cal. Const. art. XI § 3   Cited 92 times

    (a) For its own government, a county or city may adopt a charter by majority vote of its electors voting on the question. The charter is effective when filed with the Secretary of State. A charter may be amended, revised, or repealed in the same manner. A charter, amendment, revision, or repeal thereof shall be published in the official state statutes. County charters adopted pursuant to this section shall supersede any existing charter and all laws inconsistent therewith. The provisions of a charter

  16. Section 9202 - Notice of intention to circulate initiative petition

    Cal. Elec. Code § 9202   Cited 14 times

    (a) Before circulating an initiative petition in any city, the proponents of the matter shall file with the elections official a notice of intention to do so, which shall be accompanied by the written text of the initiative and may be accompanied by a written statement not in excess of 500 words, setting forth the reasons for the proposed petition. The notice shall be signed by at least one, but not more than three, proponents and shall be in substantially the following form: Notice of Intent to

  17. Section 9032 - Right to file petition

    Cal. Elec. Code § 9032   Cited 4 times

    The right to file the petition shall be reserved to its proponents, and any section thereof presented for filing by any person or persons other than the proponents of a measure or by persons duly authorized in writing by one or more of the proponents shall be disregarded by the elections official. Ca. Elec. Code § 9032 Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

  18. Section 9265 - Filing of petition by proponents

    Cal. Elec. Code § 9265

    The petition shall be filed with the elections official by the proponents, or by any person or persons authorized in writing by the proponents. All sections of the petition shall be filed at one time, and a petition section submitted subsequently may not be accepted by the elections official. The petition shall be filed (1) within 180 days from the date of receipt of the title and summary, or (2) after termination of any action for a writ of mandate pursuant to Section 9204, and, if applicable, receipt