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Perspective

Nov. 12, 2011

Public employee free speech claims require fact-based inquiry

A recent First Amendment ruling will likely have significant impacts for public employers and employees nationwide. By Laura W. Brill of Kendall Brill & Klieger LLP


By Laura W. Brill


Last month, a district court in Louisiana ruled on a First Amendment issue that is likely to have significant impacts for public employers and employees throughout the country, and especially for the nation's public colleges and universities.


The case of Van Heerden v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University, 2011 WL 5008410 (M.D. La. Oct. 20, 2011), arose out of allegations that Louisiana State University had ter...

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