Adamson v. Pierce County
Case Details
- Nature of Suit — the legal category of the dispute
- Civil Rights: Other
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Unknown
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- summary judgment
- State
- Washington
- Circuit
- Ninth Circuit
Related Laws
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Claim Types
Outcome
The court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment, finding that plaintiffs failed to establish that the April 2020 shutdown of the Special Investigations Unit was motivated by protected First Amendment activity, and that under the Pickering balancing test, the PCSD's legitimate interests outweighed plaintiffs' right to speak to the press. Plaintiffs also failed to establish any viable state law claims.
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