Cherry v. Pickell’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““[W]here an officer’s speech-related activity has the effect of materially disrupting his working environment, such activity is not immunized by constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech.” [Hughes v. Whitmer, 714 F,2d 1407 , 1422 (8th Cir. 1983).] ... [Law enforcement officials are] not required to “tolerate an action which [they] reasonably believe[] would disrupt the office, undermine [their] authority, and destroy close working relationships,” [Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138 , 154, 103 S.Ct. 1684 , 75 L.Ed.2d 708 (1983)], and “[w]hen employee speech concerning office policy arises from an employment dispute concerning the very application of that policy to the speaker, additional weight must be given to the supervisor’s view that the employee has threatened the authority of the employer to run the office.” [Id. at 153, 103 S.Ct. 1684 .]”

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   e.g. Gillis v. Miller