public-sector-unions
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Question not identified. | |
| 23-1111 | Glenn Laird v. United Teachers Los Angeles, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-04-12 | Denied | Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | compelled-speech consent first-amendment nonmember-employees public-sector-labor public-sector-unions union-dues waiver-of-rights | The First Amendment prohibits public sector labor unions from using state law to divert money from a public employee's lawfully earned wages unless th… |
| 23-372 | Torey Jarrett v. Service Employees International Union Local 503, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2023-10-06 | Denied | Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (2) | 42-U.S.C.-§-1983 civil-rights consent due-process public-employees public-sector-unions state-action state-actor union-dues wage-deduction wage-deductions | 1. Is a state-designated exclusive representative a state actor under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when it directs a public employer to deduct dues from non-union… |
| 23-179 | Alaska, et al. v. Alaska State Employees Association/American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 52, AFL-CIO | Alaska | 2023-08-25 | Denied | Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) | civil-rights due-process employee-rights first-amendment free-speech paycheck-deduction public-sector-unions state-action union union-speech voluntary-waiver waiver | Whether the First Amendment prohibits a state from taking money from employees' paychecks to subsidize union speech when the state lacks sufficient ev… |
| 22-576 | Cindy Ellen Ochoa v. Public Consulting Group, Inc., et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-12-21 | Denied | Amici (1)Response Waived | 42-usc-1983 compelled-speech constitutional-violation due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment public-employee-rights public-sector-unions section-1983 union-dues | Does a challenge to a statutory system alleging failure to provide due process under the Fourteenth Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 require an injured … |
| 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 | 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by basing a defense to § 1983 on "equality and fairness" rather than determining whether the common law in 1871 pro… |
| 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 | 1. After this Court's ruling in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 2448 (2018), petitioner… |
| 21-1306 | Stacy Penning v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1021, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-03-29 | Denied | Response Waived | 42-U.S.C.-1983 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-share-fees good-faith-defense janus-v-afscme public-sector-unions retroactive-effect retroactivity | 1. Whether the proper remedy for the collection of an illegal fee is refund or restitution, regardless of the purported good faith of the fee collecto… |
| 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 | In Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, this Court held that public employees have a First Amendment right not to subsidize union speech. 138 S. Ct. 2448, 248… |
| 20-1678 | Daniel Z. Crowe, et al. v. Oregon State Bar, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-06-02 | Denied | Amici (10)Response Waived | attorney-regulation compelled-speech constitutional-scrutiny first-amendment free-speech keller-v-state-bar mandatory-dues political-speech public-sector-unions state-bar | This Court has held that "exacting" First Amendment scrutiny applies to laws that force public employees to subsidize the speech and political activit… |
| 20-1603 | Susan Bennett v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, AFL-CIO, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2021-05-18 | Denied | Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | affirmative-consent employee-rights first-amendment janus-v-afscme paycheck-deduction public-sector-union public-sector-unions union-dues waiver waiver-requirement | In Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 2448, 2486 (2018), this Court held that no payment to a union may be deducted from a nonmembers' paycheck u… |
| 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 | 1. In Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges v. Knight, 465 U.S. 271 (1984), this Court held that the First Amendment allows States to compel pu… |
| 20-1334 | Bradley Boardman, et al. v. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-03-24 | Denied | Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | first-amendment harris-v-quinn information-access opt-out-rights public-records public-sector-unions speech-rights viewpoint-discrimination | Whether a law that skews the debate over the value of public-sector unions and undermines public sector employees' opt-out rights by giving incumbent … |