Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri
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Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that held public employees’ lawsuits and grievances are protected by the Petition Clause only when they address matters of public concern.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri canonical | 1 |
| Borough of Duryea, Pennsylvania v. Guarnieri | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1538895 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri Context triple: [Petition Clause, citedInCase, Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri]
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Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia is a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously ruled that Philadelphia violated a Catholic foster care agency’s religious freedom by excluding it from the foster program over its refusal to certify same-sex couples.
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Grovey v. Townsend
Grovey v. Townsend was a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the Texas Democratic Party’s whites-only primary rule, later repudiated as unconstitutional racial discrimination in voting.
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Romer v. Evans
Romer v. Evans is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment targeting gay, lesbian, and bisexual people as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
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United States v. Darby
United States v. Darby is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal labor regulations under the Commerce Clause and marked a broad expansion of federal power over economic activity.
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Argersinger v. Hamlin
Argersinger v. Hamlin is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that may result in imprisonment.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri Target entity description: Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that held public employees’ lawsuits and grievances are protected by the Petition Clause only when they address matters of public concern.
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A.
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia is a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously ruled that Philadelphia violated a Catholic foster care agency’s religious freedom by excluding it from the foster program over its refusal to certify same-sex couples.
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B.
Grovey v. Townsend
Grovey v. Townsend was a 1935 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the Texas Democratic Party’s whites-only primary rule, later repudiated as unconstitutional racial discrimination in voting.
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C.
Romer v. Evans
Romer v. Evans is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment targeting gay, lesbian, and bisexual people as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
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D.
United States v. Darby
United States v. Darby is a 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal labor regulations under the Commerce Clause and marked a broad expansion of federal power over economic activity.
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E.
Argersinger v. Hamlin
Argersinger v. Hamlin is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that may result in imprisonment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Amendment case
ⓘ
U.S. constitutional law case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
Section 1983 actions
ⓘ
civil rights litigation ⓘ public employment law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 2011-03-22 ⓘ |
| citation | 564 U.S. 379 ⓘ |
| clauseInterpreted |
Petition Clause of the First Amendment
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linked to:
Petition Clause
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| concurrenceBy |
Justice Antonin Scalia
ⓘ
linked to:
Antonin Scalia
Justice Clarence Thomas ⓘ
linked to:
Clarence Thomas
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| concurrenceInJudgmentBy |
Justice Elena Kagan
ⓘ
linked to:
Elena Kagan
|
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 2011-06-20 ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 09-1476 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Borough of Duryea, Pennsylvania v. Guarnieri
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linked to:
Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri
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| geographicalContext | Borough of Duryea, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| holding |
Public employees’ lawsuits and formal grievances are protected by the Petition Clause only when they address matters of public concern.
ⓘ
The public concern test applies to public employees’ claims under the Petition Clause. ⓘ The same public concern requirement that limits public employee speech claims also limits Petition Clause claims. ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.
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linked to:
John G. Roberts Jr.
Justice Antonin Scalia ⓘ
linked to:
Antonin Scalia
Justice Clarence Thomas ⓘ
linked to:
Clarence Thomas
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
linked to:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
linked to:
Sonia Sotomayor
Justice Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
linked to:
Stephen G. Breyer
|
| jurisdictionBasis | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| legalIssue | scope of public employees’ protection under the Petition Clause ⓘ |
| lowerCourtDisposition | judgment for Guarnieri affirmed in part and vacated in part ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy |
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
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linked to:
Anthony M. Kennedy
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| originatingCourt | United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ |
| page | 379 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Borough of Duryea, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Connick v. Myers
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Garcetti v. Ceballos ⓘ Pickering v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine |
Pickering balancing test
ⓘ
public concern test ⓘ |
| remedyIssue | availability of damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for Petition Clause violations ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent | Charles J. Guarnieri ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | retaliation against a police chief for filing grievances and a lawsuit ⓘ |
| volume | 564 ⓘ |
| voteMajority | 8 ⓘ |
| voteMinority | 1 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 2011 ⓘ |
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Subject: Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri Description of subject: Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri is a 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case that held public employees’ lawsuits and grievances are protected by the Petition Clause only when they address matters of public concern.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri