A recent case has made clear that a government agency’s ceasing doing business with a company based on the viewpoints of the company’s owners can lead to First Amendment liability for the agency. Earlier this year, in Riley’s American Heritage Farms v. Elsasser, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (the
Court of Appeal Overturns Superior Court Decision and Holds Teacher Tenure, Dismissal, and Layoff Laws Are Constitutional on Their Face
This post was authored by Kristin D. Lindgren
Background
On June 10, 2014, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore reported on the Superior Court decision in Vergara v. State of California. The plaintiffs had alleged that teacher tenure, dismissal and layoff statutes found in the California Education Code unconstitutionally harmed students in two groups: (1) a general
Court of Appeal Holds that a Supervisor’s Daily Log is Considered an “Other File Used for Any Personnel Purposes” under the FBOR and Confirmed a Firefighter’s Right to Review and Respond to Adverse Comments Placed in Such a Daily Log.
This blog post was authored by Gage Dungy and Stefanie K. Vaudreuil
Introduction
The Fire Fighters Procedural Bill of Rights (FBOR), enacted in 2007, was intended to provide firefighters the same rights as those guaranteed to public safety officers by the Public Safety Officers Bill of Rights (POBR). In many areas, the FBOR contains identical