context: Those allegations focused on the integrity of Petrowski that included improper claims for overtime, improper use of state funds to purchase alcohol, and the inclusion of false information in certain search warrants, as well as improper procedures used in undercover purchases of illicit drugs. The plaintiffs' speech was clearly a matter of public concern.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: concluding that law clerk's accusation that judge was "corrupt" and a "son of a bitch" in context that judge acted improperly in several cases constituted speech on matter of public concern
citation_a.sentence: See Schnabel v. Tyler, supra, 230 Conn. 754-55 (concluding that police officer’s allegations of chief of police’s abuse of authority and misconduct constituted matters of public concern); see also Sheppard v. Beerman, 911 F. Sup. 606, 609, 611 (E.D.N.Y. 1995) (concluding that law clerk’s accusation that judge was “corrupt” and a “son of a bitch” in context that judge acted improperly in several cases constituted speech on matter of public concern), vacated on other grounds, 94 F.3d 873 (2d Cir. 1996).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: concluding that police officer's allegations of chief of police's abuse of authority and misconduct constituted matters of public concern
citation_b.sentence: See Schnabel v. Tyler, supra, 230 Conn. 754-55 (concluding that police officer’s allegations of chief of police’s abuse of authority and misconduct constituted matters of public concern); see also Sheppard v. Beerman, 911 F. Sup. 606, 609, 611 (E.D.N.Y. 1995) (concluding that law clerk’s accusation that judge was “corrupt” and a “son of a bitch” in context that judge acted improperly in several cases constituted speech on matter of public concern), vacated on other grounds, 94 F.3d 873 (2d Cir. 1996).