United States Tenth Circuit

Limited portions of a public employee's speech that merely touch on matters of public concern are sufficient to satisfy the first step of the Pickering analysis, but may not be weighed in the second step of balancing it against the government's interest.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/11/2001
• Published 05/11/2001

Judges

• MARTEN, District Judge., Before BRISCOE and PORFILIO, Circuit Judges, and MARTEN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Paula I. Forney, Albuquerque, NM, (Cheryl O'Connor, Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellant., Herbert M. Silverberg, Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee.