Whitaker v. Knapp

Whitaker v. Knapp, 474 U.S. 803 (1985)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: October 7, 1985
Docket: No. 84-1824
Citations: 474 U.S. 803106 S. Ct. 3688 L. Ed. 2d 2954 U.S.L.W. 32211985 U.S. LEXIS 3098

Cited by 68 6 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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Appeal from C. A. 7th Cir. dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for writ of certiorari, certiorari denied.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 6 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(holding that after the district court determined that the plaintiffs speech was protected, “the court was required to inform the jury of its ruling that Knapp’s speech was constitutionally protected”)

Gardetto v. Mason, 100 F.3d 803 (10th Cir. 1996)
(The credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence are matters within the purview of the jury-”)

Dallis v. Cunningham, 11 F.3d 713 (7th Cir. 1993)
(relief awarded under § 1983 included in junction expunging retaliatory negative evaluations from teacher’s personnel file)

Levin v. Harleston, 770 F. Supp. 895 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)
(teacher’s complaints about classroom assignments and content of evaluation are not matters of public concern)

Gros v. Port Wash. Police Dist., 944 F. Supp. 1072 (E.D.N.Y. 1996)
(teacher’s protest regarding his public school’s mileage reimbursement, insurance and grievance procedure policies was matter of public concern)

Cotto v. United Techs. Corp., 738 A.2d 623 (Conn. 1999)
(teacher’s communications with school board concerning inequitable mileage allowance for coaches was an attempt to inform the public and educational policymakers of inequitable administration of funds)

Wadud v. Willsie, 735 F. Supp. 1488 (D. Kan. 1989)

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George Rakovich v. Gregory Wade and Darryl Drake, George Rakovich v. Chester Kass850 F.2d 1180 (7th Cir. 1988)
City of Spokane v. Port716 P.2d 945 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986)
Thompson v. Board of Educ. of the City of Chicago711 F. Supp. 394 (N.D. Ill. 1989)
Berg v. Hunter854 F.2d 238 (7th Cir. 1988)
Schisler v. Sullivan3 F.3d 563 (2d Cir. 1993)
Hortencia Bohen v. City of East Chicago, Indiana799 F.2d 1180 (7th Cir. 1986)

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Cotto v. United Technologies Corp.738 A.2d 623 (Conn. 1999) · Concurring in Part, Dissenting in Part
Gardetto v. Mason100 F.3d 803 (10th Cir. 1996)

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