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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-2 Camille Bourque v. Engineers and Architects Association, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech government-employer janus-v-afscme labor-unions public-sector section-1983 union-dues wage-deduction Is the First Amendment violated when a union causes a government employer to seize full union dues from the wages of a nonconsenting employee?
23-1112 Ryan Cram, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 503, Oregon Public Employees Union, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 1st-amendment campaign-contributions campaign-finance civil-rights compelled-speech first-amendment free-speech labor-union labor-unions public-employees public-sector union-political-funds Do public employees who are former union members possess the First Amendment right to refuse to contribute to union political campaign funds?
23-1113 Atishma Kant, et al. v. Service Employees International Union, Local 721, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) affirmative-consent collective-bargaining compelled-speech first-amendment labor-union labor-unions public-employee public-sector waiver-of-rights Can a public sector labor union and government employer unilaterally waive public employees' First Amendment rights through a collective bargaining ag…
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…
22-577 Jodee Wright v. Service Employees International Union Local 503, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights collective-bargaining due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech labor-law public-sector union-dues Do the constitutional guarantees of Freedom of Speech and Due Process of law create an affirmative duty for government employers to ensure employees' …
22-116 Connecticut State Police Union v. James Rovella, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Second Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied Response Waived collective-bargaining contracts-clause freedom-of-information police-accountability police-misconduct public-accountability public-sector retroactive-legislation Whether Connecticut Public Act 20-1 violates the Contracts Clause
21-854 Rachel Maniscalco, et al. v. New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit 2021-12-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights covid-19-mandate due-process employment employment-rights executive-order government-action professional-restriction public-health public-sector substantive-due-process vaccination Does the Executive Order violate the substantive due process rights of New York City public-school teachers whose sole employer is the DOE by preventi…
21-615 Christopher A. Woods, et al. v. Alaska State Employees Association, AFSCME Local 52, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Amici (1) first-amendment free-speech public-sector state-action union-dues waiver Do government employers and unions need clear and compelling evidence that employees waived their First Amendment right to refrain from subsidizing un…
21-597 Patricia Grossman v. Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-25 Denied Response Waived affirmative-consent civil-rights free-speech janus-v-afscme public-sector union-dues Whether a union can trap a public worker into paying dues without the 'affirmative consent' required by Janus v. AFSCME
21-357 Lucille S. Taylor v. James W. Heath, President-Elect, State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-09-07 Denied Relisted (2) compelled-speech exacting-scrutiny first-amendment integrated-bar keller-v-state-bar labor-unions policy-positions public-sector public-sector-employees Can the State of Michigan compel practicing attorneys to fund an integrated bar association that takes policy positions, or does such a law fail exact…
20-1019 Jade Thompson v. Marietta Education Association, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights compelled-association first-amendment free-speech knight-v-minnesota labor-union labor-unions public-sector public-sector-employees representative-advocacy Whether it violates the First Amendment to designate a labor union to represent and speak for public-sector employees who object to its advocacy on th…
19-892 United States, ex rel. Andrew Gelbman v. City of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response Waived false-claims-act fraud inference-drawing medicaid medicaid-fraud pleading-standard private-sector public-sector public-sector-providers rule-9b-dismissal Whether the pleading standard should be different for False Claims Act claims against public sector Medicaid providers than it is for such claims agai…
19-847 Jonathan Reisman v. Associated Faculties of the University of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied Amici (11)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) associational-freedoms compelled-association constitutional-scrutiny exclusive-representation first-amendment free-speech labor-union labor-unions public-sector public-sector-employees Whether it violates the First Amendment to designate a labor union to represent and speak for public-sector employees who object to its advocacy on th…
19-726 Mallory Jones, et al. v. Ramone Lamkin, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Marshal of the Civil and Magistrate Court of Richmond County, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-09 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) branti-finkel branti-v-finkel civil-rights confidential-employee due-process elrod-burns elrod-v-burns employment employment-law first-amendment free-speech government-policy policy-maker policymaker public-employee public-employees public-sector Whether the exception to First Amendment protections for public employees applies based on the actual work performed or the written job description
18-719 Kathleen Uradnik v. Inter Faculty Organization, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) association associational-freedoms compelled-association constitutional-scrutiny exclusive-representation first-amendment free-speech labor-union labor-unions public-sector public-sector-employees Whether it violates the First Amendment to appoint a labor union to represent and speak for public-sector employees who have declined to join the unio…