Perez-Dickson v. City of Bridgeport

Summary

The court reversed the judgment for the plaintiff and directed judgment for the defendants. It held that the plaintiff's speech was made pursuant to her official duties and therefore could not support a statutory retaliation claim based on federal constitutional speech rights, that her state-constitutional alternative theory was unpreserved, and that the child-abuse reporting statute created no private cause of action. The court also concluded that the evidence was legally insufficient to establish intentional racial discrimination or intentional infliction of severe emotional distress.