Rode v. Dellarciprete
- Decided
- April 28, 1988
- Docket
- No. 87-5368
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 2,709 timesAbrogated on other grounds (verified)Abrogated on other grounds (verified) · Moffitt v. Tunkhannock Area School District
What later courts said
- holding that speaker's "personal stake" in a controversy does not prevent speech on the issue from involving a matter of public concern — Roth v. Veteran's Administration (1988)
- holding that a defendant must have “personal involvement in the alleged wrongs” to be liable under § 1983 — Jackson v. Northampton County Prison (2020)
- holding that a defendant cannot be liable for a § 1983 violation if they were not personally involved in the alleged wrong — Robert Endrikat v. George Little (2023)
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How the opinion begins
OPINION OF THE COURT ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
Vivian Rode, a civilian employee of the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), filed a civil rights action against the defendants in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985. She alleged that she had been unlawfully suspended from employment for several days and that her duties and working conditions had been impermissibly altered. The district court granted motions to dismiss the action against the Governor and Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and entered summary judgment for the remaining defendants. The plaintiff Rode appeals. We affirm the order of dismissal. We also affirm the summary judgment except insofar as it. rejects Rode’s claim that she was improperly suspended from employment for exercising her right to free speech.
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Rode v. Dellarciprete, 845 F.2d 1195 (1988)Read the full opinion
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