Legal Opinion

Idaho Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO v. Inland Pacific Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 16, 2015No. 11-35985, 12-35051PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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BERZON, Circuit Judge:

Idaho has banned “job targeting” or “market recovery” programs. Construction unions have developed such programs to increase their members’ access to work and stem the long-term decline in the percentage of construction workers represented by unions. Under such programs, a union collects funds from workers it represents and then uses those funds to subsidize bids by union contractors, allowing the contractors to lower their labor costs and so more effectively compete with nonunion contractors. The plaintiffs, two Idaho unions, brought suit to enjoin the statute as…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. San Diego Building Trades Council v. GarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Metropolitan Life Insurance v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Fort Halifax Packing Co. v. CoyneSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Arizona v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2012

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