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SACKS v. COM., DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

502 Pa. 201 (1983)

465 A.2d 981

Stephen M. SACKS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley M. Shingles, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Stanley Slipakoff, Mary Alexine Reilly, Asst. Counsels, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This case presents the question of under what circumstances a government employee may be disciplined because of his public statements which are critical of the government agency for which he works. The Supreme Court of the United States, addressing this problem, has stated:

In Pickering v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 563 [88 S.Ct. 1731, 20 L.Ed.2d 811] (1968), we stated...

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