union-dues
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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 … |
| 24-1306 | Terry Klee v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 501, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2025-06-24 | Denied | Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | first-amendment janus-decision section-1983 sovereign-immunity state-action union-dues | Whether a public-sector union that invokes the aid of state officials to deduct union dues from a nonconsenting public-sector employee acts 'under col… |
| 24-307 | Kirsti Parde v. Service Employees International Union, Local 721, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-09-18 | Denied | Response Waived | constitutional-injury due-process first-amendment payroll-deduction state-action union-dues | Whether the government violates employees' First Amendment rights by seizing union dues without affirmative consent and whether a union's use of a sta… |
| 24-122 | Michael Craine v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council 36, Local 119, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-08-02 | Denied | Response Waived | constitutional-rights first-amendment free-association free-speech municipal-liability public-employee state-action union-dues union-membership | Whether the First Amendment protects a public employee's right to resign union membership and stop government-deducted union dues |
| 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? |
| 23-1214 | Tanishia Hubbard v. Service Employees International Union Local 2015, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2024-05-14 | Denied | Amici (1)Response Waived | civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech government-deduction janus-v-afscme labor-union labor-unions public-employee state-action union-dues | Does the First Amendment protect a nonmember public employee against government deduction of union dues when the employee's union forged her membershi… |
| 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 | Do nonmember public employees who have rescinded their prior consent to union dues deductions enjoy the same right to freedom from compelled speech as… |
| 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… | |
| 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… |
| 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 | Whether a state-designated exclusive representative is a state actor under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when it directs a public employer to deduct dues from non-… |
| 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' … |
| 22-576 | 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 … |
| 22-494 | 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… |
| 22-219 | 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) |
| 21-1395 | Thomas Few v. United Teachers Los Angeles, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-04-29 | Denied | Response Waived | civil-rights due-process free-speech janus-v-afscme standing union-dues | Whether a union can trap a public worker into paying dues without the 'affirmative consent' required by Janus v. AFSCME |
| 21-1372 | Hollie Adams, et al. v. Teamsters Union Local 429, et al. | Third Circuit | 2022-04-22 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | affirmative-consent agency-shop civil-rights due-process employment-contract first-amendment union union-dues waiver-requirement | Whether the affirmative consent waiver requirement set forth in Janus v. AFSCME applies to nonmembers currently or previously employed in agency shop … |
| 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 … |
| 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… |
| 21-612 | Isaac Wolf v. University Professional and Technical Employees, Communications Workers of America Local 9119, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-10-26 | Denied | Response Waived | affirmative-consent civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech labor-law labor-rights public-workers standing supreme-court-precedent union-dues | Whether a union can trap a public worker into paying dues without the 'affirmative consent' required by Janus v. AFSCME |
| 21-609 | Loriann Anderson, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 503, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-10-26 | Denied | Response Waived | constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech nonmember-employees public-employees state-action union-dues union-membership waiver | Whether government employers and unions need clear and compelling evidence of employees' knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver of First Amendment… |
| 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 |
| 21-480 | William D. Brice v. California Faculty Association | Ninth Circuit | 2021-09-30 | Denied | 42-usc-1983 agency-fees civil-rights damages first-amendment good-faith good-faith-defense monetary-damages retrospective-liability statute-of-limitations union-dues | Whether an affirmative good faith defense denying damages to the victims of First Amendment wrongdoing is faithful to the language and purpose of 42 U… | |
| 20-1786 | JoAnne Troesch, et al. v. Chicago Teachers Union, et al. | Seventh Circuit | 2021-06-23 | Denied | Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | civil-rights constitutional-rights employee-rights first-amendment free-speech government-restrictions janus-vs-afscme union-dues waiver waiver-doctrine | Under the First Amendment, do governments and unions need clear and compelling evidence of a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver to seize payme… |
| 20-1751 | Susan Fischer, et al. v. Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al. | Third Circuit | 2021-06-16 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | civil-rights constitutional-rights employee-rights first-amendment government-action public-employee standing union-dues union-speech waiver waiver-doctrine | Whether governments and unions need clear and compelling evidence of a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver of First Amendment rights to seize p… |
| 20-1606 | Brett Hendrickson v. AFSCME Council 18, et al. | Tenth Circuit | 2021-05-18 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | affirmative-consent civil-rights janus-v-afscme mootness public-worker union-dues | Whether a union can trap a public worker into paying dues without the 'affirmative consent' required by Janus v. AFSCME |
| 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 | Whether an employee's signature on a union membership card and dues deduction authorization by itself authorizes a government employer and public-sect… |
| 20-1120 | Melissa Belgau, et al. v. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-02-16 | Denied | Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | 42-usc-1983 collective-bargaining color-of-law employee-rights first-amendment public-employees section-1983 union-dues | Whether it violates the First Amendment for a state and union to seize union dues or fees from employees' wages without proof the employees waived the… |