United States Second Circuit

In an action by a public employee claiming that defendants retaliated against him in violation of the First Amendment for reporting workplace violence, summary judgment for defendants is vacated where the speaker's motive is not dispositive of whether the speech is on a matter of public concern.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/21/2009
• Published 08/21/2009

Judges

• JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:, Before:  CABRANES and HALL, Circuit Judges, and GLEESON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John R. Williams, New Haven, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Clare E. Kindall, Assistant Attorney General, for Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, Office of the Attorney General, Hartford, CT, for Defendants-Appellees.