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OLIVER v. DEPT. OF STATE POLICE

Docket No. 71089.

132 Mich. App. 558 (1984)

349 N.W.2d 211

OLIVER v. DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided March 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark T. Light, for petitioner.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Brenda E. Turner, Assistant Attorney General, for respondents.

Before: V.J. BRENNAN, P.J., and M.J. KELLY and G.R. COOK, JJ.

M.J. KELLY, J.

To what extent may a government employee publicly criticize his superiors and fellow employees without risking discharge? Petitioner was fired by the State Police, qualifiedly reinstated by the Department of Civil Service, with the qualification stricken on appeal by the Ingham County Circuit Court. We affirm the reinstatement but reverse as to interest.

FACTS

Petitioner was hired by respondent Department of State Police in 1972 as a...

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