Ogden v. Atterholt’s Empirical Analysis
606 F.3d 355 · 2010
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Garcetti v. Ceballos · Valentino v. Village of South Chicago Heights · Spiegla v. Hull · Reget v. City of La Crosse
Most-quoted passages
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“[Plaintiffs] situation is completely different. His memo was an internal, formal request to his ultimate supervisor asking that his department be reorganized. It did not purport to expose or remedy injustices of public importance; its aim was to persuade [his supervisor] that [another supervisor] was an unsuitable supervisor of [his] division and convince him to remove the division from her control.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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