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Rankin v. McPherson

Further Readings



  • Cox, Madeline E. "Constitutional Law--First Amendment--Public Employees' Right to Free Speech in the Workplace Expanded." Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 19, no. 2, 1989, pp. 380-405.
  • Gerhold, Susan. "Constitutional Safeguard on Speech--Dismissal of Public Employee--Balancing Approach." Duquesne Law Review, Vol. 27, no. 1, fall, 1988, pp. 185-98.
  • Glovin, Richard M. "Rankin v. McPherson: The Court Handcuffs Public Employers." Pacific Law Journal, Vol. 19, no. 4 (1988): 1543-63.
  • Schiumo, Michael J. K. "A Proposal for Rethinking the `Of Public Concern' Requirement of Pickering." Communications and the Law, June 1992.

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Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1981 to 1988Rankin v. McPherson - "i Hope They Get Him", Pickering And Connick, Comment A Matter Of Public Concern, "simply Violent"