Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit March 26, 1979, No. 76-3988 (Porter v. Califano)

lead-opinion

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the constitutional and statutory rights of a federal employee punished for speaking. In recent years Congress and the courts have come a long way in expanding and fortifying those rights and in conferring on public employees citizenship of the first class. This decision is another episode in that journey.