Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:case_analysis |
Affects future public employee speech cases.
Analyzed for implications on employee speech. Critiqued for limiting employee rights. Relevant to discussions on free speech. |
| gptkbp:case_number |
04-473
Case summary available in legal databases. Available in Supreme Court archives. Part of a series of cases on employee speech. |
| gptkbp:case_outcome |
5-4 ruling
Ceballos lost the case. Ceballos's speech was not protected. Influenced public sector employment law. Influenced public sector employment policies. |
| gptkbp:case_significance |
Significant for First Amendment jurisprudence.
|
| gptkbp:case_types |
Constitutional law case
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| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
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| gptkbp:date |
November 1, 2005
|
| gptkbp:decided_by |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
April 21, 2006 |
| gptkbp:dissenting_opinion |
gptkb:Justice_Souter
gptkb:Justice_Ginsburg gptkb:Justice_Breyer |
| gptkbp:effective_date |
April 21, 2006
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| gptkbp:has_implications_for |
Affects whistleblower protections.
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Garcetti v. Ceballos
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| gptkbp:impact |
Limits free speech protections for government employees.
Influenced later cases on employee speech. |
| gptkbp:involved_parties |
gptkb:Richard_Ceballos
gptkb:Antonio_Garcetti |
| gptkbp:is_cited_in |
547 U. S. 410
|
| gptkbp:judges |
Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito
|
| gptkbp:judicial_review |
Judicial review of public employee speech.
Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| gptkbp:legal_context |
Public sector employment law
|
| gptkbp:legal_issue |
First Amendment rights
Debated in constitutional law classes. |
| gptkbp:legal_principle |
Speech made as part of official duties is not protected.
|
| gptkbp:legislation |
Whistleblower protections
Public employee rights First Amendment free speech |
| gptkbp:outcome |
Public employees do not have First Amendment protection for speech made pursuant to their official duties.
|
| gptkbp:precedent |
Public employee speech
|
| gptkbp:public_perception |
gptkb:Justice_Anthony_Kennedy
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| gptkbp:public_reaction |
Controversial among civil rights advocates.
Supported by some government agencies. |
| gptkbp:related_cases |
gptkb:Connick_v._Myers
gptkb:Burlington_Northern_&_Santa_Fe_Railway_Co._v._White gptkb:Pickering_v._Board_of_Education gptkb:Bishop_v._Wood gptkb:Heffernan_v._City_of_Paterson gptkb:Lane_v._Franks gptkb:Waters_v._Churchill |
| gptkbp:scholarly_analysis |
Discussed in legal journals.
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| gptkbp:significance |
Clarified the scope of public employee speech rights.
Set a precedent for public employee speech cases. |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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