CONNICK v. MYERS

No. 81-1251.

461 U.S. 138 (1983)

CONNICK, DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN AND FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS, LOUISIANA v. MYERS

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Wessel argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Victoria Lennox Bartels.

George M. Strickler, Jr., argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Ann Woolhandler and Michael G. Collins.*


JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

In Pickering v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 563 (1968), we stated that a public employee does not relinquish First Amendment rights to comment on matters of public interest by virtue of government employment. We also recognized that the State's interests as an employer in regulating the speech of its employees "differ significantly...

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