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Glenn Laird v. United Teachers Los Angeles, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 22-55780 · judgment October 23, 2023
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a Ninth Circuit decision below, a circuit split argued in the petition, and counsel who has filed here before.
Questions presented
The First Amendment prohibits public sector labor unions from using state law to divert money from a public employee's lawfully earned wages unless that employee affirmatively consents. Janus v. Am. Fed’n of State, Cnty., Mun. Emps. Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 2448, 2486 (2018). The Court did not limit this principle only to those who never joined a union, but applied it to all nonmembers. Janus thus requires unions and government employers to possess clear and compelling evidence of a nonmember employee's waiver prior to taking their money for use in political speech, regardless of whether they previously agreed to union deductions and have since opted out. The questions presented are:
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Do nonmember public employees who have rescinded their prior consent to union dues deductions enjoy the same right to freedom from compelled speech as employees who never affirmatively consented?
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When a public sector labor union uses the authority of state law to divert former union members’ wages for political speech without their affirmative consent, is the union acting under “color of law”? (i)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Timothy Ray Snowball
Freedom Foundation
For respondent
Scott A. Kronland
Altshuler Berzon, LLP
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2024Petition DENIED.
- Sep 06 2024Reply of petitioner Glenn Laird filed. (Distributed)
- Aug 07 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- Jul 22 2024Brief of respondent Los Angeles Unified School District in opposition filed.
- Jul 22 2024Brief of respondents United Teachers Los Angeles, et al. in opposition filed.
- Jul 22 2024Brief of respondent Rob Bonta, California Attorney General in opposition filed.
- Jun 07 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
- May 28 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 22, 2024, for all respondents.
- May 24 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 7, 2024 to July 22, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- May 08 2024Response Requested. (Due June 7, 2024)
- May 07 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2024.
- May 01 2024Waiver of right of respondent United Teachers Los Angeles to respond filed.
- Apr 30 2024Waiver of right of respondent California Attorney General Rob Bonta to respond filed.
- Apr 26 2024Waiver of right of respondent Los Angeles Unified School District to respond filed.
- Apr 10 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 13, 2024)
- Feb 27 2024Application (23A792) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until April 10, 2024.
- Feb 22 2023Application (23A792) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 11, 2024 to April 10, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.