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Pollyanna Burns, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 284, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 21-3052 · judgment July 28, 2023
Before the decision, about 1.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eighth Circuit decision below, and counsel who has filed here before.
Questions presented
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Whether the First Amendment waiver requirement identified by the Supreme Court in Janus applies to public-sector employees at the time they sign a union dues checkoff form, and then also after they resign membership and seek to stop dues deductions.
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Whether unions are state actors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 when the union acts pursuant to state law to direct a public employer to deduct dues from employees who have not affirmatively consented.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
James Vincent Francis Dickey
Upper Midwest Law Center
For respondent
Kari M Dahlin
Arthur Chapman Kettering Smetak and Pikala., PA
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, February 20, 2024 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Feb 20 2024Petition DENIED.
- Jan 24 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
- Jan 12 2024Waiver of right of respondent Service Employees International Union Local 284 to respond filed.
- Jan 08 2024Waiver of right of respondent Independent School District No. 191 to respond filed.
- Dec 11 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 12, 2024)