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Ray Allen, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, et al. v. International Association of Machinists District Ten, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 17-1178 · judgment September 13, 2018

Dismissed · April 19, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether this Court should overrule its summary affirmance in Sea Pak v. Industrial, Technical, and Professional Employees, Division of National Maritime Union, 400 U.S. 985 (1971) (mem.), and hold that federal law does not prohibit States from giving employees the right to withdraw dues-checkoff authorizations.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Anthony David Russomanno
Wisconsin Department of Justice

For respondent
Jill Marie Hartley
The Previant Law Firm, S.C.

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Apr 19 2019
    Stipulation to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46.1 received.
  2. Apr 19 2019
    Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
  3. Apr 17 2019
    Rescheduled.
  4. Apr 15 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/18/2019.
  5. Apr 10 2019
    Rescheduled.
  6. Mar 20 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
  7. Mar 01 2019
    Brief of respondents International Association of Machinists District 10, et al. in opposition filed.
  8. Feb 04 2019
    Brief amicus curiae of National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center filed.
  9. Feb 04 2019
    Brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, et al. filed.
  10. Feb 04 2019
    Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
  11. Feb 01 2019
    Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed.
  12. Jan 14 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 6, 2019.
  13. Jan 09 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 4, 2019 to March 6, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  14. Dec 28 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 4, 2019)