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Isaac Wolf v. University Professional and Technical Employees, Communications Workers of America Local 9119, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 20-17333 · judgment September 16, 2021


Certiorari denied · December 6, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–9%)

Before the decision, modestly above the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a Ninth Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before, and down for a business respondent.

Question presented

  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. 2448 (2018).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Brian Kirk Kelsey
Liberty Justice Center

For respondent
Adam Wolff Hofmann
Hanson Bridgett LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 06 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 16 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
  3. Nov 09 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Michael Drake to respond filed.
  4. Nov 09 2021
    Waiver of right of respondents University Professional & Technical Employees, et al. to respond filed.
  5. Nov 08 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California to respond filed.
  6. Oct 21 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 26, 2021)