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: New York Supreme Court Criminal Term LibraryIs the Termination of aCorrections Officer for Inflammatory Internet Posting Justified?
By David Badertscher, PLL
Source: Lexology, February 6, 2008.
Corrections officer's termination due to inflammatory internet posting justified where officer's free speech interests are outweighed by Police Department's legitimate concerns of disruption
Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner
"A corrections officer's termination due to defamatory comments made about the sheriff's department on an officer association Web site was justified where the officer's speech went beyond "topics of value in the civil discourse" and the sheriff's department presented reasonable concerns about potential disruption to its operations. "
Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on February 06, 2008 (boomark / email).
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