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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 1) Whether, to properly plead a procedural due process claim under the Fourteenth Amendment, a plaintiff must allege a government actor had actual or …
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 1. Whether the First Amendment's guarantee of free association protects a public employee's right to resign membership in a union. 2. Whether the Fir…
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 1. Is the First Amendment violated when a union causes a government employer to seize full union dues from the wages of a nonconsenting employee? 2. …
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 Petitioners, individual providers Tanishia Hubbard and Kristy Jimenez, never agreed to join a union or pay dues. Despite this, their public employers …
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…
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 Question not identified.
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 This document is an Application for Extension of Time to File Petition for Writ of Certiorari, not a Petition for Writ of Certiorari itself. The "Ques…
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 This document is an Application for Extension of Time to File Petition for Writ of Certiorari, not a Petition for Writ of Certiorari itself. The "Ques…
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 Question not identified.
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 Question not identified.
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 This document is an Application for Extension of Time to File a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, not a petition itself. It does not contain a "Quest…
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 (1) Whether the First Amendment waiver requirement identified by the Supreme Court in Janus applies to public-sector employees at the time they sign a…
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…
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 Melodie DePierro is a police officer in the State of Nevada who exercised her First Amendment right not to support union speech under Janus v. AFSCME,…
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 1) Whether a union can trap a public worker into paying dues without the "affirmative consent" required by Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 244…
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 For whom does this Court's affirmative consent waiver requirement set forth in Janus apply: 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 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…
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 The Court in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31 held that public employees have a First Amendment right not to subsidize union speech. 138 S. Ct. 2448, 2486 …
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 1) Whether a union can trap a public worker into paying dues without the "affirmative consent" required by Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 244…
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 1. Under the First Amendment, to seize payments for union speech from employees who resigned union membership, became nonmembers, and objected to subs…
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 1) Whether a union can trap a public worker into paying dues without the "affirmative consent" required by Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 244…
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, to seize payments for union speech from employees who provide notice they are nonmembers and object to supporting the union…
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 In 2018, the Court in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31 held that public employees have a First Amendment right not to subsidize union speech. 138 S. Ct. 24…
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 1) Whether a union can trap a public worker into paying dues without the "affirmative consent" required by Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 244…
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…
20-1120 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 1. 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 …