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Sanders, Wayne – 1982
A case review study of court decisions concerning public employees' constitutional right of free speech yields conflicting and sometimes disturbing results. The most often cited precedent in these decisions is the 1968 Supreme Court ruling in "Pickering v. Board of Education" in which a letter from a school teacher to a newspaper…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Content Analysis, Court Litigation, Court Role