Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri Archives

21 Jun, 2011

SCOTUS Win for CockleBur Contributor Dan Ortiz

Shon R. Hopwood2019-03-18T18:47:57-05:00June 21st, 2011|Tags: Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, Dan Ortiz, Petition Clause, UVA Supreme Court Clinic|

CockleBur contributor and UVA Law Professor Dan Ortiz earned a big SCOTUS win yesterday in Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, No. 09-1476. This is how SCOTUS Blog's Lyle Denniston described the Court's opinion: Solemnly fretting that lawsuits by government employees challenging their bosses might disrupt official activity by, among other ploys, an emotional appeal to a jury [...]

20 Jan, 2011

Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri Merits Briefs

Andy Cockle2019-03-18T18:48:07-05:00January 20th, 2011|Tags: 09-1476, Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, First Amendment, Petition Clause|

On Tuesday, we filed the Respondent's Brief in Borough of Duryea, Pennsylvania, et al v. Guarnieri, No. 09-1476. Since SCOTUS Blog does not appear to have the Petitioner's Brief on their site, I thought we would place this one on the blogosphere as well.

9 Dec, 2010

Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri–Petitioner’s Brief

Andy Cockle2010-12-09T16:28:21-06:00December 9th, 2010|Tags: Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, Dan Ortiz, University of Virginia Supreme Court Clinic|

One of the CockleBur contributors, Dan Ortiz, recently filed this Petitioner's Brief in Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, No. 09-1476. The Question Presented in the case is: Can public employees sue their employers under the Petition Clause for adverse employment actions allegedly resulting from the employees’ petitioning on matters of purely private concern?

12 Oct, 2010

Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri Granted

Shon R. Hopwood2019-03-18T18:48:12-05:00October 12th, 2010|Tags: Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, Dan Ortiz, First Amendment Petition Clause, Virginia Supreme Court Clinic|

Today, the Supreme Court released its order list from last week’s Conference. Among the seven petitions for writ of certiorari that were granted was the petition in Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, No. 09-1476. The petition was filed by CockleBur contributor Dan Ortiz from the University of Virginia Supreme Court Clinic.