United States Fifth Circuit

An unauthorized pin on the uniform of a police officer is not speech relating to a legitimate public concern, and a law enforcement agency's anti-adornment policy is entitled to deference when weighing the government's interest against the employee's interest.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/09/2001
• Published 04/09/2001

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James A. Pikl, McKinney, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Frank Waite, Barbara G. Heptig, Elizabeth Ann Lutton, Arlington, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.