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Legal Brief -- Altman v. Minn. DOC
Altman v. Minnesota Department of Corrections -- 251 F.3d 1199 (8th Circuit 2001) The motives come into play as far as the state is concerned because the training was in regards to the treatment and handling of gay and lesbians in terms of how one's job is done and perhaps the employer reacted as they saw the reading of Bibles during such training as a religious and/or protesting statement against being "subjected" to the training. On the other hand, the employer asserted, perhaps rightfully so, that the ambivalence and distraction from the training would cause the employees to not administer and deliver their duties as it relates to gays and lesbians once they returned to the workplace (Berkeley Center, 2014).
Type of Action
The case as heard in this legal brief is an appeal of a lower court's decision. The appeal was heard by the Eight Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. The case was an argument on behalf of Altman and his coworkers, who were co-plaintiffs in the case, that they had a right under the First Amendment to read their Bibles during mandatory training sessions. The decision being appealed was a summary judgement issued by the District Court of Minnesota where it was held that the employees conducted rpresented speech on matter of public interest, that fact issues remained as to the state's motives in imposing the sanctions and that the state did not impose a significant burden on the employees' exercise of religion.
Facts of the Case
Altman and two other employees brought legal action against the Minnesota Department of Corrections due to reprimands that were received for the employees in question reading their Bibles during a mandatory training session that was required by the DOC.
Contentions of the Parties
The DOC held that the conduct was done during a training session when they should have been focusing on the training rather than their Bibles and that the speech was not protected. On the latter note, the employees argued the opposite.
One major aggravating factor in favor of the DOC was that Altman (one of the plaintiffs) had sent an email complaining about the mandatory and compulsory nature of the training and that it could or would "raise deviant sexual behavior for staff to a level of acceptance and respectability." As such, it is clear this statement as well as the reading of the Bibles was a form of protest and speech even though the latter of the two acts mentioned above was non-verbal in…
References
Berkeley Center. (2014, June 11). Altman v. Minn. Dept. Of Corrections. Altman v. Minn.
Dept. Of Corrections. Retrieved June 11, 2014, from http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/resources/cases/altman-v-minn-dept-of-
corrections?q=
FindLaw. (2014, June 11). ALTMAN v. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS. Findlaw. Retrieved June 11, 2014, from http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-8th-circuit/1231572.html
from http://www.morelaw.com/verdicts/case.asp?n=00-1168,%2000-
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