U.S. appeals court: union free speech.

• Position: Personnel

Cobb v. Pozzi, 363 F.3d 89 (2nd Cir. 2004). County corrections officers brought an action under [section] 1983, alleging that the county, corrections commissioner, and corrections chief of operations disciplined them in retaliation for their association with a union. Following a jury trial, the district court entered judgment for the corrections officers and the defendants appealed. The appeals court reversed in part, vacated in part and remanded. The court held that the instruction that an arbitrator's...