88 F. Supp. 2d 38 - Gordon v. Griffith’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1367 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · Pickering v. Board of Education of Township High School District 205 Will County Illinois · Hishon v. King & Spalding · Connick v. Myers · Buckley v. Valeo
Most-quoted passages
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“in which her public comments [at community meetings and other events] could reasonably be understood to reflect the views or, at a minimum, the sympathies of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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