Home › Cases › 1980-1989 › 1982 › Connick v. Myers ›

Connick v. Myers

Media Items
Oral Argument
Get Adobe Flash Player
Expanded View
Download MP3
Opinion Announcement
Get Adobe Flash Player
Expanded View
Download MP3
Advocates
George M. Strickler, Jr. (on behalf of the Respondent)
William F. Wessel (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
81-1251
Petitioner: 
Connick
Respondent: 
Myers
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
461 U.S. 138 (1983)
Argued: 
Monday, November 8, 1982
Decided: 
Wednesday, April 20, 1983
Issues: 
First Amendment, Miscellaneous
Categories: 
freedom of speech, first amendment, employment

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Connick v. Myers , 461 U.S. 138 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_81_1251)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Connick, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 1: Speech, Press, and Assembly

Sort by Ideology

Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote a dissent
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Voted with the minority, joined Brennan's dissent
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White