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U.S. Supreme Court

Mar. 24, 2011

High Court Mulls Free Speech Labor Suit

In a case that could impact California's massive public-sector workforce, a former police chief seeking to sue the government under the First Amendment ran into an unsympathetic U.S. Supreme Court.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - A former Pennsylvania police chief seeking to sue the local government on First Amendment grounds ran into a U.S. Supreme Court that expressed no desire to "constitutionalize" labor disputes.


Although some employment grievances have been litigated on free-speech grounds, Charles Guarnieri took a different tack. He filed suit, claiming the Borough of Duryea's town council v...

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