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Sixth Circuit Upholds Discharge of Employee for Racial Slurs on Facebook

Sixth Circuit Upholds Discharge of Employee for Racial Slurs on Facebook

by Mark Travis | Oct 7, 2020 | Civil Rights

In Bennett v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County (6th Cir., No. 19-5818, 10/6/2020) the Plaintiff Bennett was a white employee of the Emergency Communications Center. Bennett was discharged for racial comments she made from her public Facebook...
Sixth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment on Public Employee’s First Amendment Claim

Sixth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment on Public Employee’s First Amendment Claim

by travisadmin | May 16, 2017 | Civil Rights

In Mayhew v. Town of Smyrna, Tennessee, 2017 WL 1947877 (M.D. Tenn. May 11, 2017) the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment grant against Mayhew, an employee of the Town of Smyrna.  In this case, Mayhew worked as lab supervisor for the Town’s...
Correctional Officers Fail to Establish Section 1983 Violation Under Pickering Balancing Test

Correctional Officers Fail to Establish Section 1983 Violation Under Pickering Balancing Test

by travisadmin | Jan 14, 2017 | Civil Rights

In Gillis, et al v. Miller, 2017 WL 65563 (6th Cir., January 6, 2017), plaintiffs Gillis and Walraven were correctional officers at the Bay County, Michigan jail. Walraven was a sergeant and Gillis was the President of the local Corrections Officers Union. In early...

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