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Harris v. Quinn: Amicus briefs by USG, fourteen states, homecare historians, and others

Dec 31, 2013 Benjamin Sachs

Here are an additional six amicus briefs filed on behalf of Respondents in Harris v. Quinn. The briefs include one filed by the United States: 1) Public Safety Employees 2) Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) 3) Twenty-One Past Presidents of the DC Bar 4) Homecare Historians 5) United States 6) State of New York, et al. (filed on behalf of fourteen states […]

Labor Law Profs File Amicus in Harris v. Quinn

Dec 30, 2013 Benjamin Sachs

Here is the amicus brief filed in Harris v. Quinn on behalf of Respondents by a group of labor law professors (and authored by Charlotte Garden and Matthew Bodie). The brief makes a number of arguments, among them the following (from the Summary): I. Unlike in the private sector, state employers choose for themselves whether […]

More Amicus Briefs in Harris v. Quinn

Dec 30, 2013 Benjamin Sachs

Two new amicus briefs in Harris v. Quinn: the AFL-CIO’s brief is here, and a brief filed by the NEA, the California Teachers Association, and Change to Win is here.

Disabilities Rights Groups file Harris v. Quinn Amicus Brief

Dec 27, 2013 Benjamin Sachs

Here is the brief for the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, the National Council on Aging, and Other Disability and Senior Organizations as Amici Curiae in support of Respondents in Harris v. Quinn. The summary of argument is […]

Respondents’ Merits Brief in Harris v. Quinn

Dec 23, 2013 Jack Goldsmith

Respondents filed their merits briefs today in Harris v. Quinn, this Term’s big public sector union case. Here they are: Brief of Governor Pat Quinn Brief of AFSCME Council 31 and SEIU Local 73 Brief of SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana

Harris v. Quinn: Agency Fees and Exclusive Representation

Dec 12, 2013 Benjamin Sachs

As we have explained, Harris v. Quinn concerns the constitutionality of “fair share” – or “agency fee” – provisions in public sector collective bargaining agreements. That the constitutionality of agency fee provisions is the question in Harris has been clear throughout the litigation. Here, for example, is how the seventh circuit described the case in […]

Knox Update: District Judge Rules for California Teachers Association (Sort of)

Dec 9, 2013 Nikolas Bowie

In a post-Knox case challenging the constitutionality of agency shop agreements, a federal district court has granted the challengers’ motion for judgment on the pleadings — but in their opponents’ favor. The case is Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, which we have been following since the summer. Last April, ten public school teachers and a religious organization called […]

Amicus Briefs in Support of Petitioners in Harris v. Quinn

Nov 29, 2013 Jack Goldsmith

At least six seven amicus briefs were filed today in support of Petitioners in Harris v. Quinn: Albert Contreras (and others) California Public School Teachers (and others) CATO Institute (and others) Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence (and others) Family Child Care Inc. (and others) Illinois Policy Institute Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Petitioners’ Merits Brief in Harris [Updated]

Nov 22, 2013 Jack Goldsmith

The Petitioners’ merits brief in the big public sector union case in the Supreme Court, Harris v. Quinn, was filed today and can be found here. (The Joint Appendix is here.) Former Obama administration Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, along with his Hogan Lovells partner Catherine Stetson and others, have joined National Right to Work Legal […]

Post-Knox Case in Michigan: Chanski v. Michigan Education Association

Oct 25, 2013 Jack Goldsmith

A series of post-Knox cases were filed this week in Michigan. The lead plaintiff (or “charging party”) is Miriam Chanski, a public school kindergarten teacher. She claims that after Michigan enacted a right-to-work law last March, she opted out of the Michigan Education Association, a public sector union, in May. She says she later discovered that […]

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Harris v. Quinn: Amicus briefs by USG, fourteen states, homecare historians, and others

Labor Law Profs File Amicus in Harris v. Quinn

More Amicus Briefs in Harris v. Quinn

Disabilities Rights Groups file Harris v. Quinn Amicus Brief

Respondents’ Merits Brief in Harris v. Quinn

Harris v. Quinn: Agency Fees and Exclusive Representation

Knox Update: District Judge Rules for California Teachers Association (Sort of)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Petitioners in Harris v. Quinn

Petitioners’ Merits Brief in Harris [Updated]

Post-Knox Case in Michigan: Chanski v. Michigan Education Association