Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Gerasolo v. Adherence Group, Inc

517 U.S. 1209

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1996-05-20
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • noting “statements regarding criminal misuse of public funds, wastefulness, and inefficiency in managing and operating government entities [are] matters of public concern.”
  • qualified immunity for officers who were aware of decedent’s suicide gestures but did not inform officers of jail where decedent was transferred prior to suicide
  • allegations of criminal wrongdoing and abuse of power involve matters of inherent public concern
  • matters inherently involving public concern make employer’s burden very onerous

Citator

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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.