Thursday, May 20th, 2010
9th Cir: Reconciling the 1st Amendment and a Public Employee’s Right to Harassment-free Work
A public employee - a community college faculty member - sent racially-controversial messages to fellow employees on an electronic bulletin. Fellow employees asked the employer to discipline him, and when it refused to do so, sued the employer for damages under Title VII and the 14th Amendment. The District Court denied the individual defendants’ motion […]