California court rejects Brown Act argument in upholding firing of librarian
donal brown
November 12, 2009
A California appeals court upheld the firing of a San Diego law librarian for a scathing e-mail he sent to his employer. The court removed the librarian’s free speech claims to federal court and rejected the Brown Act argument that claimed that an outside attorney should not have been present during termination hearings. -DB Metropolitan News-Enterprise November 12, 2009 By Kenneth Ofgang A reference librarian whose work included assisting self-represented litigants with their appeals yesterday