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LANE v. FRANKS

No. 13-483.

134 S.Ct. 2369 (2014)

189 L.Ed.2d 312

Edward R. LANE, Petitioner v. Steve FRANKS, in his individual capacity, and Susan Burrow, in her official capacity as Acting President of Central Alabama Community College.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 19, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tejinder Singh , Irvine, CA, for Petitioner.

Ian H. Gershengorn , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting affirmance in part and reversal in part.

Luther J. Strange, III , Attorney General, for Respondent Susan Burrow.

Mark T. Waggoner , Birmingham, AL, for Respondent Steve Franks.

Luther Strange , Alabama Attorney General, Andrew L. Brasher , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Megan A. Kirkpatrick , Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Alabama Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Respondent Susan Burrow.

Tejinder Singh , Counsel of Record, Thomas C. Goldstein , Kevin K. Russell , Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Collin O'Connor Udell , Jackson Lewis P.C., Hartford, CT, Mark T. Waggoner , Counsel of Record, Jennifer Morgan , Hand Arendall LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Respondent Steve Franks.

Justice SOTOMAYOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

Almost 50 years ago, this Court declared that citizens do not surrender their First Amendment rights by accepting public employment. Rather, the First Amendment protection of a public employee's speech depends on a careful balance "between the interests of the [employee], as a citizen, in commenting upon matters of public concern and the interest of the State, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the...

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