context: Two courts of appeals have explicitly considered under the First Amendment a claim that state action unlawfully burdened a marital relationship.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 133 F.3d 631, 635
citation_a.parenthetical: rejecting claim that discharge of at-will police employee violated his First Amendment right of intimate association where wife plotted to have police chief arrested
citation_a.sentence: See Singleton v. Cecil, 133 F.3d 631, 635 (8th Cir.1998) (rejecting claim that discharge of at-will police employee violated his First Amendment right of intimate association where wife plotted to have police chief arrested), aff'd on this point, 176 F.3d 419, 423-24 (8th Cir.1999) (in banc); Adkins v. Board of Education, 982 F.2d 952, 955-56 (6th Cir.1993) (upholding claim that denial of continued employment because of school superintendent’s dislike of employee’s husband violated her First Amendment right of intimate association); cf. Shahar v. Bowers, 114 F.3d 1097, 1110 (11th Cir.1997) (in banc) (rejecting claim that withdrawal of job offer for position of state prosecutor because of her same-sex “wedding” violated her First Amendment right of intimate association).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 114 F.3d 1097, 1110
citation_b.parenthetical: rejecting claim that withdrawal of job offer for position of state prosecutor because of her same-sex "wedding" violated her First Amendment right of intimate association
citation_b.sentence: See Singleton v. Cecil, 133 F.3d 631, 635 (8th Cir.1998) (rejecting claim that discharge of at-will police employee violated his First Amendment right of intimate association where wife plotted to have police chief arrested), aff'd on this point, 176 F.3d 419, 423-24 (8th Cir.1999) (in banc); Adkins v. Board of Education, 982 F.2d 952, 955-56 (6th Cir.1993) (upholding claim that denial of continued employment because of school superintendent’s dislike of employee’s husband violated her First Amendment right of intimate association); cf. Shahar v. Bowers, 114 F.3d 1097, 1110 (11th Cir.1997) (in banc) (rejecting claim that withdrawal of job offer for position of state prosecutor because of her same-sex “wedding” violated her First Amendment right of intimate association).