McWaters v. Cosby’s Empirical Analysis
2002
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Duncan v. Walker · SAUCIER v. KATZ Et Al. · Village of Willowbrook v. Olech · Board of Trustees of the University of Alabamas v. Patricia Garrett · Cooper v. Harris
Most-quoted passages
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“MeWaters points to no cases which are factually analogous. Her case is atypical, in part, because she is an elected public official, rather than a rank-and-file public employee. As an elected public official, the First Amendment interests implicated are different from those of an ordinary civil servant and local officials are not required to perfectly predict what a court will later determine those interests to entail.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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