...IN UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT No. 11-0369 BOB LOBLAW, Appellant v. MAGGIE LIZER, Individually and in her Official Capacity as Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, Appellee BRIEF FOR THE APPELLANT ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Counsel for Appellant 601739 2072 5th Ave. Suite 43 New York, NY 10292 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ……………………………………………………………….....i TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ……………………………………………………………..ii QUESTION PRESENTED ……………………………………………………………….1 STATEMENT OF THE CASE …………………………………………………………...2 SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT …………………………………………………….6 ARGUMENT ……………………………………………………………………………..8 I. A government employee is entitled to constitutional protection under the First Amendment when the speech in question addresses matters of public concern and does not adversely affect the employer’s operations and functions …………………8 A. A government employee’s speech must contain matters of public concern in order to be protected under the First Amendment ……………………………9 B. If an employee’s speech addresses matters of public concern, the employee must show that the speech did not cause a disruption to the functionality of the workplace ……………………………………………………………………11 CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………..15 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE...
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...c MARKETING 7E People real Choices This page intentionally left blank MARKETING 7E People real Choices Michael R. SAINT JOSEPH S SOLOMON ’ U OLLINS NIVERSITY Greg W. MARSHALL R C STUART OLLEGE Elnora W. THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE Prentice Hall Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo Editorial Director: Sally Yagan Editor in Chief: Eric Svendsen Acquisitions Editor: Melissa Sabella Director of Editorial Services: Ashley Santora Editorial Project Manager: Kierra Bloom Editorial Assistant: Elisabeth Scarpa Director of Marketing: Patrice Lumumba Jones Senior Marketing Manager: Anne Fahlgren Marketing Assistant: Melinda Jensen Senior Managing Editor: Judy Leale Project Manager: Becca Richter Senior Operations Supervisor: Arnold Vila Creative Director: Jon Christiana Senior Art Director: Blair Brown Text and Cover Designer: Blair Brown Media Project Manager, Production: Lisa Rinaldi Media Project Manager, Editorial: Denise Vaughn Full-Service Project Management: S4Carlisle Publishing Services Composition: S4Carlisle Publishing Services Printer/Bindery: Courier/Kendalville Cover Printer: Courier/Kendalville Text Font: Palatino Credits and acknowledgments borrowed from other sources and reproduced, with permission, in this textbook...
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