Ramon K. Jusino v. Federation of Catholic Teachers, Inc.

QUESTION #1 Whether the Second Circuit contravened the Four­ teenth Amendment Equal Protection clause by hold­ ing that - because of potential First Amendment Re­ ligion Clauses entanglements — the federal govern­ ment cannot certify labor organizations that repre­ sent teachers in church-operated schools, but New York State can. QUESTION #2 Whether the Second Circuit contravened this Court’s relevant precedent by holding that - because of poten­ tial First Amendment Religion Clauses entangle­ ments — Petitioner is precluded from bringing his duty-of-fair-representation claim against Respond­ ent, thereby granting Respondent the sui-generis sta­ tus of being a union that gets to operate without any duty of fair representation towards any of its mem­ bers. QUESTION #3 Whether this Court’s 1979 Catholic Bishop decision means that unions for teachers employed by churchoperated schools should not exist at all.