pickering-balancing-test
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-819 | Jeanne Hedgepeth v. James A. Britton, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2026-01-12 | Pending | Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse Waived | first-amendment free-speech pickering-balancing-test political-speech public-employee viewpoint-discrimination | Whether and in what circumstances public employers may discipline employees based on their expression of controversial views while off the job. |
| 21-792 | Michael Billioni v. Bruce Bryant, Sheriff, York County, South Carolina, et al. | Fourth Circuit | 2021-11-30 | Denied | chain-of-command civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech internal-investigation law-enforcement-misconduct pickering-balancing-test public-employee-speech whistleblower whistleblower-protection | 1) Whether a public employee's speech about serious law enforcement misconduct involving an in-custody death has limited weight in the Pickering First… | |
| 20-1078 | Danyelle Bennett v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee | Sixth Circuit | 2021-02-08 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | constitutional-protection first-amendment free-speech hecklers-veto pickering-balancing-test political-speech public-employee rankin-v-mcpherson | 1. Whether, contrary to Rankin v. McPherson, 483 U.S. 378 (1987), a public employee's political debate on an issue of national importance may be silen… |
| 18-282 | Kelly H. Tucker v. Patrick Atwater, Jr., et al. | Georgia | 2018-09-05 | Denied | civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-interests Pickering-balancing-test pickering-test public-employee-speech public-employment public-interest qualified-immunity section-1983 | 1) If Pickering and its progeny are applicable to cases involving off-duty public employees who are speaking to matters of public interest which are n… |