No. 24A417

James A. Daly v. City of DeSoto, Missouri, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-10-30
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: employment-termination first-amendment free-speech-rights public-employee speech-retaliation temporal-proximity
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a public official has the right to terminate a public employee's employment over a year after the alleged speech took place.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a public employer can terminate a public employee's employment based on First Amendment-protected speech that occurred more than a year prior to the termination

Docket Entries

2024-10-31
Application (24A417) granted by Justice Kavanaugh extending the time to file until December 16, 2024.
2024-10-21
Application (24A417) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 31, 2024 to December 16, 2024, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

James A. Daly
Albert Frederick KuhlLaw Office of Albert F. Kuhl, Petitioner