Case Categories: Union Regulations

• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977)

  Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977) said that requiring government employees to pay union dues that weren't used for political purposes did not violate...

• American Communications Association v. Douds (1950)

  American Communications Association v. Douds (1950) said the requiring unions to affirm their leaders were not Communists did not violate the First Amendment...

• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia ex rel. Virginia State Bar (1964)

  Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia ex rel. Virginia State Bar (1964) said preventing union members from recommending legal counsel violated First...

• Chicago Teachers Union v. Hudson (1986)

  Chicago Teachers Union v. Hudson (1986) ruled a union's dues collection procedures were insufficient to protect First Amendment free association rights...

• City of Madison v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (1976)

  City of Madison v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (1976) said nonunion teachers could not be stopped from speaking at school board meetings...

• Davenport v. Washington Education Association (2007)

  Davenport v. Washington Education Association (2007) ruled that a campaign finance law dealing with union dues did not trigger First Amendment scrutiny...

• Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks (1984)

  Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks (1984) said a rebate scheme for dissenting nonunion members failed to protect their First...

• Harris v. Quinn (2014)

  In Harris v. Quinn (2014), the Supreme Court dealt with the First Amendment issues of requiring personal care workers in Illinois to join a union against their...

• Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 (2018)

  The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that that an Illinois law allowing government employee unions to collect fees from non-members violates the First Amendment....

• Knox v. Service Employees International Union (2012)

  In Knox v. Service Employees International Union (2012), the Court struck down a union’s imposition of special dues applied to nonunion members to oppose two...

• Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association (1991)

  Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association (1991) addressed First Amendment protections and the expenditure of contributions nonunion members are required to pay to...

• Letter Carriers v. Austin (1974)

  Letter Carriers v. Austin (1974) ruled the term "scab" could not be the basis of a libel claim by a non-union member as rhetorical hyperbole is protected by the...

• Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America (1966)

  Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America (1966), which dealt with a union organizing campaign, affirmed that libel is not protected by the First Amendment...

• Locke v. Karass (2009)

  Locke v. Karass (2009) said that as long as union litigation was related to collective bargaining, charging nonmembers for national litigation did not violate...

• Minnesota Board for Community Colleges v. Knight (1984)

  Minnesota Board for Community Colleges v. Knight (1984) upheld a state law that restricted colleges from listening to any but designated representatives at...

• Railway Employees' Department v. Hanson (1956)

  Railway Employees' Department v. Hanson (1956) ruled that the Railway Labor Act's provision for union shops was not a violation of the First Amendment's right...

• Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees (1979)

  Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees (1979) ruled that the commission did not violate First Amendment rights by refusing to accept grievances through a...

• United Mine Workers of America, District 12 v. Illinois State Bar Association (1967)

  United Mine Workers of America v. Illinois State Bar Association (1967) said preventing a union from having a salaried attorney violated First Amendment...

• United States v. Auto Workers (1957)

  In 1957, the Supreme Court held that the use of general union treasury funds to sponsor commercial television broadcasts touting 1954 congressional candidates...

• United States v. Congress of Industrial Organizations (1948)

  United States v. CIO (1948), which involved an indictment against a union for its periodical, said the law in question was not intended to infringe upon First...

• United Steelworkers of America v. Sadlowski (1982)

  In 1982, the Supreme Court upheld a federal law that prohibited candidates for union leadership positions from accepting contributions from non-union members in...

• United Transportation Union v. State Bar of Michigan (1971)

  In 1971, the Supreme Court reversed an injunction that prevented a union from providing legal advice and services to members, saying it interfered with the...