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BRUKIEWA v. POLICE COMM'R.

[No. 149, September Term, 1969.]

257 Md. 36 (1970)

263 A.2d 210

BRUKIEWA v. POLICE COMMISSIONER OF BALTIMORE CITY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 13, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Engelman, with whom were Berenholtz, Kaplan & Heyman on the brief, for appellant.

Bernard L. Silbert, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, SINGLEY, SMITH and DIGGES, JJ.

HAMMOND, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

BARNES, J., dissents. Dissenting opinion at page 59 infra.

We are called upon in this appeal to decide whether the State impermissibly restricted the constitutional right a policeman has freely to speak his mind.

The appellant Brukiewa has been a member of the Baltimore City Police Department for over thirteen years and has been officially commended for his police services nine times. He is...

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