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Pickering v. Board of Education
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Pickering_v._Board_of_Education
GPTKB entity
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation
391 U.S. 563
gptkbp:date
1968-06-03
gptkbp:decidedBy
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy
gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:John_M._Harlan_II
gptkbp:fullName
gptkb:Pickering_v._Board_of_Education_of_Township_High_School_District_205,_Will_County
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Pickering v. Board of Education
gptkbp:joinedBy
gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Abe_Fortas
gptkb:Earl_Warren
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkbp:legalHolding
Public employees do not forfeit their First Amendment rights to comment on matters of public interest by virtue of their employment.
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Illinois
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkbp:numberOfIssues
Whether a public school teacher's dismissal for writing a letter to a newspaper criticizing the school board violated his First Amendment rights.
gptkbp:petitioner
gptkb:Marvin_L._Pickering
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Connick_v._Myers
gptkb:Garcetti_v._Ceballos
gptkbp:response
gptkb:Board_of_Education_of_Township_High_School_District_205,_Will_County,_Illinois
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:First_Amendment
Freedom of speech
Public employment
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:First_Amendment
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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