Bowen v. Yuckert

482 US 137, 107 S. Ct. 2287, 96 L. Ed. 2d 119 - Supreme Court, 1987 - Google Scholar
… ground that the results of additional psychological tests supported the … and disabled dependent
widowers under a test of disability … approved of the flexibility and efficiency resulting from …
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Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.

391 US 563, 88 S. Ct. 1731, 20 L. Ed. 2d 811 - Supreme Court, 1968 - Google Scholar
… the State, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the … In Garrison, the New York Times test
was specifically applied to … the holding that Pickering's discharge must be tested by the …
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Connick v. Myers

461 US 138, 103 S. Ct. 1684, 75 L. Ed. 2d 708 - Supreme Court, 1983 - Google Scholar
… free and open debate is vital to informed decision-making by the … State, as an employer, in
promoting the efficiency of the … The balancing test articulated in Pickering comes into play only …
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Rankin v. McPherson

483 US 378, 107 S. Ct. 2891, 97 L. Ed. 2d 315 - Supreme Court, 1987 - Google Scholar
… Court notes, " `the State, as an employer, [has an interest] in promoting the efficiency of the … I do
not read the Court's opinion as extending the Connick/Pickering test, or otherwise making …
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Waters v. Churchill

511 US 661, 114 S. Ct. 1878, 128 L. Ed. 2d 686 - Supreme Court, 1994 - Google Scholar
… injury the speech could cause to "`the interest of the State, as an employer, in promoting the
efficiency of the … It is also agreed that it is the court's task to apply the Connick test to the facts …
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Heckler v. Campbell

461 US 458, 103 S. Ct. 1952, 76 L. Ed. 2d 66 - Supreme Court, 1983 - Google Scholar
… To improve both the uniformity and efficiency [2] of this determination, the Secretary promulgated …
But when the accuracy of those facts already has been tested fairly during rulemaking …
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Garcetti v. Ceballos

547 US 410, 126 S. Ct. 1951, 164 L. Ed. 2d 689 - Supreme Court, 2006 - Google Scholar
… That test, called, in legal shorthand, "Pickering balancing," requires a judge to "balance … of public
concern and the interest of the State, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the …
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Branti v. Finkel

445 US 507, 100 S. Ct. 1287, 63 L. Ed. 2d 574 - Supreme Court, 1980 - Google Scholar
… interfere with the discharge of his public duties, his First Amendment rights may be required to
yield to the State's vital interest in maintaining governmental effectiveness and efficiency …
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United States v. National Treasury Employees Union

513 US 454, 115 S. Ct. 1003, 130 L. Ed. 2d 964 - Supreme Court, 1995 - Google Scholar
… can enforce the statute when it includes a nexus test … I. The time-tested Pickering balance, most
recently applied in Waters … government], as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the …
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Saucier v. Katz

533 US 194, 121 S. Ct. 2151, 150 L. Ed. 2d 272 - Supreme Court, 2001 - Google Scholar
… right, the requisites of a qualified immunity defense must be considered in proper sequence … under
Graham should find no shelter under a sequential qualified immunity test …
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