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Alaska, et al. v. Alaska State Employees Association/American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 52, AFL-CIO

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Alaska, No. S-18172 · judgment May 26, 2023

Certiorari denied · January 16, 2024
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability

Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a petition filed soon after the judgment below, and counsel who has filed here before.

Question presented

Whether the First Amendment prohibits a state from taking money from employees’ paychecks to subsidize union speech when the state lacks sufficient evidence that the employees knowingly and voluntarily waived their First Amendment rights.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Michael Connolly
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC

For respondent
Matthew John Murray
Altshuler Berzon LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 5 conferences

Amicus briefs
8 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Jan 16 2024
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 08 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.
  3. Jan 02 2024
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
  4. Dec 01 2023
    Rescheduled.
  5. Dec 01 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
  6. Nov 14 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
  7. Nov 10 2023
    Reply of petitioners Alaska, et al. filed. (Distributed)
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  8. Oct 30 2023
    Brief of respondent Alaska State Employees Association/American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Local 52, AFL-CIO in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  9. Sep 29 2023
    Brief amicus curiae of Buckeye Institute filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  10. Sep 29 2023
    Brief amicus curiae of Freedom Foundation filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  11. Sep 29 2023
    Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  12. Sep 29 2023
    Brief amici curiae of Mark Janus, et al. filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  13. Sep 29 2023
    Brief amici curiae of Mackinac Center for Public Policy, et al. filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  14. Sep 29 2023
    Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  15. Sep 29 2023
    Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., et al. filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  16. Sep 29 2023
    Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  17. Sep 07 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 30, 2023.
  18. Sep 06 2023
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2023 to October 30, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main Document
  19. Aug 30 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
  20. Aug 30 2023
    Response Requested. (Due September 29, 2023)
  21. Aug 28 2023
    Letter from counsel for petitioner submitted.
    Main Document
  22. Aug 25 2023
    Waiver of right of respondent Alaska State Employees Association/American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Local 52, AFL-CIO to respond filed.
    Main Document
  23. Aug 23 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 25, 2023)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service