Confederate Flag Display Firing Upheld by Court
A federal appeals court in Richmond has upheld a South Carolina dairy’s firing of a mechanic who displayed Confederate flag stickers on his toolbox.
Matthew Dixon claimed that Coburg Dairy Inc. in Charleston violated his 1st Amendment rights and state employment laws when it fired him in 2000 for refusing to remove the stickers after a black co-worker complained. The dairy said the stickers violated its policy against harassment.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Friday that Dixon has a constitutional right to display the flag, but said that right is not unlimited.
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