| 25-672 |
Kate Adams v. Sacramento County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-12-10 |
Pending |
Amici (4) |
circuit-split constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech matter-of-public-concern public-employee-speech |
This case presents a clear, recognized, and entrenched conflict over the First Amendment rights of public employees: whether speech made as a private … |
| 24-613 |
Frederick Lewis Washington v. Sunflower County, Mississippi |
Fifth Circuit |
2024-12-04 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
constitutional-interpretation first-amendment judicial-review public-employee-speech summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent |
1. Should this Court summarily reverse when a
court of appeals defies clear, unmistakable decisions of
this Court?
2. Should a judge or a jury deci… |
| 24-355 |
Kari MacRae v. Matthew Mattos, et al. |
First Circuit |
2024-09-30 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (16) |
constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech-rights pickering-test pre-employment-speech public-employee-speech |
Does the Pickering balancing test apply to unrelated, preemployment speech on matters of public concern? |
| 22-130 |
Lonnie Tofsrud v. City of Spokane, Washington, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
chain-of-command civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech officer-misconduct pickering-garcetti-framework public-employee public-employee-speech supervisor-retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Following a supervisor's refusal to act on a credible report of officer misconduct, does a city police detective's complaint to a county attorney, giv… |
| 21-792 |
Michael Billioni v. Bruce Bryant, Sheriff, York County, South Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
|
chain-of-command civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech internal-investigation law-enforcement-misconduct pickering-balancing-test public-employee-speech whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
1) Whether a public employee's speech about serious law enforcement misconduct involving an in-custody death has limited weight in the Pickering First… |
| 20-384 |
Penny Nichols Corn, et al. v. Mississippi Department of Public Safety, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-09-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech garcetti-precedent garcetti-v-ceballos lane-v-franks law-enforcement-misconduct misprision-of-felony public-employee-speech |
Whether, after inconsistencies generated by Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410 (2006) and Lane v. Franks, 573 U.S. 228 (2014), citizen public employee… |
| 20-351 |
Norris Paul Carey, Jr. v. Joanne Throwe, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2020-09-16 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
concealed-carry concealed-weapon first-amendment law-enforcement-officer-safety-act law-enforcement-safety-act public-employee public-employee-speech qualified-retired-law-enforcement-officer section-1983 social-media-posts |
In a reported opinion, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of claims brought by Norris Paul Carey, Jr., a retired twenty-six-ye… |
| 19-653 |
Theresa Ortloff v. Dave Trimmer, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-20 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
connick-v-myers due-process first-amendment first-amendment-speech-public-interest-connick-v-m free-speech procedural-due-process public-employee public-employee-speech public-interest speech whistleblower-protection |
1. Must the entire record, including motives, main thrust of the speech, and all instances of speech be reviewed under Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138 … |
| 19-342 |
Mark F. McCaffrey v. Michael L. Chapman, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2019-09-16 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech free-speech-balancing law-enforcement law-enforcement-discretion partisan-politics patronage-termination pickering-connick political-retaliation public-employee public-employee-speech public-employment |
In Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347 (1976) and Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507 (1980), the Court recognized a patronage exemption from First Amendment prot… |
| 18-282 |
Kelly H. Tucker v. Patrick Atwater, Jr., et al. |
Georgia |
2018-09-05 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-interests Pickering-balancing-test pickering-test public-employee-speech public-employment public-interest qualified-immunity section-1983 |
1) If Pickering and its progeny are applicable to cases involving off-duty public employees who are speaking to matters of public interest which are n… |