janus-precedent
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
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| 25-43 | Freedom Foundation, a Washington Nonprofit Corporation v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 117, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-07-14 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | constitutional-rights first-amendment janus-precedent section-1983 state-action union-dues | Whether public-sector unions that invoke the aid of state officials to deduct union dues from a nonconsenting public-sector employee act "under color … |
| 23A1131 | Michael Craine v. AFSCME Council 36, Local 119, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-06-21 | Presumed Complete | circuit-split constitutional-waiver dues-deduction first-amendment janus-precedent public-sector-unions | Whether the Janus v. AFSCME decision establishing affirmative consent requirements for public sector union dues has prospective effect beyond existing… | |
| 23A795 | Atishma Kant, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 721, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-02-27 | Presumed Complete | collective-bargaining first-amendment janus-precedent section-1983 state-action union-dues | Whether a public sector labor union acts as a 'state actor' under Section 1983 when collecting union dues through a collective bargaining agreement wi… | |
| 23A792 | Glenn Laird v. United Teachers Los Angeles, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-02-27 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-waiver first-amendment janus-precedent labor-organization public-employees union-dues | Whether the First Amendment requires affirmative consent and constitutional waiver standards established in Janus v. AFSCME apply to former union memb… | |
| 23A786 | Robert Espinoza v. Union of American Physicians and Dentists, AFSCME Local 206, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-02-27 | Presumed Complete | circuit-split constitutional-waiver first-amendment janus-precedent public-employees union-dues | Whether the First Amendment requires affirmative consent for union dues deductions from public employees' paychecks under the Janus precedent, particu… | |
| 23A780 | Christopher Deering v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-02-26 | Presumed Complete | constitutional-waiver dues-deduction first-amendment janus-precedent public-employees union-membership | Whether the First Amendment requires affirmative consent and constitutional waiver standards established in Janus v. AFSCME apply to former union memb… | |
| 23A778 | Kristy L. Jimenez v. Service Employees International Union Local 775, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-02-26 | Presumed Complete | compelled-speech first-amendment janus-precedent section-1983 state-action union-dues | Whether public employees can seek relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for nonconsensual union dues deductions that compel political speech without affirmati… | |
| 23A775 | Tanishia Hubbard v. Service Employees International Union Local 2015, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-02-26 | Presumed Complete | compelled-speech first-amendment janus-precedent section-1983 state-action union-dues | Whether a public employee can seek relief under Section 1983 for nonconsensual union dues deductions that violate First Amendment free speech protecti… | |
| 23A773 | Carolyn Crouthamel, et al. v. Walla Walla Public Schools, a Washington Public School District, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-02-23 | Presumed Complete | first-amendment janus-precedent payroll-deduction section-1983 state-action union-dues | Whether a public sector union acts 'under color of law' for purposes of Section 1983 when compelling non-union public employees to pay dues through go… | |
| 23-634 | Pollyanna Burns, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 284, et al. | Eighth Circuit | 2023-12-13 | Denied | Response Waived | dues-deduction first-amendment janus janus-precedent opt-out public-sector public-sector-employees state-action state-actors union-dues | Whether the First Amendment waiver requirement identified by the Supreme Court in Janus applies to public-sector employees at the time they sign a uni… |
| 22-494 | Melodie DePierro v. Las Vegas Police Protective Association Metro, Inc., et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-11-23 | Denied | Response Waived | collective-bargaining consent first-amendment free-speech government-employer janus-precedent janus-v-afscme union-dues | Can the government and a union restrict when employees can exercise their First Amendment right not to subsidize union speech without the employees' a… |
| 22-255 | Scott Wilford, et al. v. National Education Association, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-09-19 | Denied | Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process fair-share-fees free-speech good-faith-defense janus-precedent public-sector-unions retroactive-effect retroactivity section-1983 | Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in allowing public-sector unions to keep ill-gotten fair-share fees |
| 22-219 | Cara O'Callaghan, et al. v. Michael V. Drake, in His Official Capacity as President of the University of California, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-09-09 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) | civil-rights collective-bargaining first-amendment government-worker janus-precedent janus-v-afscme labor-law labor-rights union-dues | Whether a union can trap a government worker into paying dues for longer than a year under Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 2448 (2018) |
| 22-216 | Terry C. Cooley v. California Statewide Law Enforcement Association, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-09-09 | Denied | Response Waived | constitutional-rights contract-restrictions first-amendment janus-precedent janus-v-afscme public-sector-union public-sector-unions resignation-limitations state-employer-contracts union-membership | Does the Constitution allow a public-sector union to enter into a contract with a state employer that restricts a public employee's constitutional rig… |
| 22-95 | Schuyler File v. Margaret Hickey, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2022-08-01 | Denied | Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | abood-v-detroit civil-rights compelled-membership due-process first-amendment free-speech janus-precedent mandatory-bar scrutiny-standard standing union-shop | Whether membership in a mandatory state bar is subject to heightened scrutiny under the First Amendment |
| 21-992 | Dori Yates, et al. v. Hillsboro Unified School District, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-01-12 | Denied | Response Waived | belgau-v-inslee first-amendment janus-precedent janus-v-afscme membership-agreement political-speech public-employees public-sector-unions union-dues waiver | Do boilerplate union membership agreements supersede employees' First Amendment rights when it comes to government unions taking employees' money for … |
| 20-1574 | Joseph Ocol v. Chicago Teachers Union, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2021-05-13 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | compelled-speech constitutional-rights exclusive-bargaining exclusive-bargaining-representative first-amendment freedom-of-association janus-precedent janus-v-afscme public-employee public-sector-unions union-representation | Should the Court overrule Knight and hold that the First Amendment prohibits States from forcing dissident public employees to accept a hostile union … |
| 20-961 | John Henry Ryskamp v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue | Ninth Circuit | 2021-01-15 | Denied | Response Waived | article-i-section-8 constitutional-scrutiny due-process first-amendment free-speech general-welfare janus-precedent janus-v-afscme speech-component tax tax-system | Does the U.S. tax system violate the First Amendment and the General Welfare Clause? |
| 19-831 | Adam Jarchow, et al. v. State Bar of Wisconsin, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2020-01-02 | Denied | Amici (5)Relisted (3) | associational-rights compelled-association compelled-speech first-amendment integrated-bar janus-precedent political-speech state-bar | Whether Lathrop and Keller should be overruled and 'integrated bar' arrangements like Wisconsin's invalidated under the First Amendment |
| 18-1120 | Theresa Riffey, et al. v. J. B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2019-02-27 | Denied | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | civil-rights class-action constitutional-rights damages due-process first-amendment free-speech harris-precedent janus-precedent janus-v-afscme standing subjective-opposition union-fees | First Amendment injury to individuals from whom union fees were seized without consent |