Cox v. Bishop England High School, et al., No. 2:19-cv-002202 (D. S.C.) September 17 2019.
A First Amendment claim regarding wrongful termination is insufficient to confer federal jurisdiction over the case, as Congress has not extended First Amendment protections to private workplaces. Under the well-pleaded complaint rule, the assertion of defenses grounded in federal constitutional law will not, without more,transform a state law complaint into a federal one.
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