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Jan. 17, 2007
Officials Ruled Wrong for Making Insubordination Threat
Santa Clara County officials were wrong to threaten a deputy public defender with insubordination if he didn't fess up about misleading a judge in court, an appellate court has ruled.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Santa Clara County officials were wrong to threaten a deputy public defender with insubordination if he didn't fess up about misleading a judge in court, an appellate court has ruled.
But the decision will not necessarily help Thomas Spielbauer of San Jose win his job back because the appellate court also rejected his arguments that he acted impr...
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