| 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… |