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| | Garcetti v. Ceballos (Doc. #: 04-473) (2006)
[Findlaw]
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Secondary Link
| Garcetti v. Ceballos
[Legal Information Institute]
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Argument Date
| 03/21/2006 |
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Decided
| 5/30/2006 |
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Supreme Court Vote
| 5-4 |
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Note
| The case, originally argued on 10/12/05, was set for reargument with Justice Alito participating in the new round of oral arguments. Possible reason: the Court was split 4-4 and Justice O'Connor's departure necessitated reargument. |
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Supreme Court Ruling
| First Amendment claim denied. |
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| Issue | Does the First Amendment protect the speech of a deputy district attorney who wrote and circulated a memorandum suggesting that a deputy sheriff lied in a search warrant affidavit and in his subsequent testimony at court? | |
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