Legal Opinion
Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association-MEA-NEA
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided August 25, 1986No. G 78-346PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ENSLEN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs bring this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, 1986 claiming violations of rights secured to them by the first and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343. Specifically, plaintiffs allege that they are required by state law to pay to the defendant unions an agency shop or service fee in lieu of union dues and that this agency shop fee is not applied by the unions exclusively to purposes germane to their duties as collective bargaining representative for plaintiffs’ bargaining unit.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Abood v. Detroit Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Memphis Community School District v. StachuraSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- International Ass'n of MacHinists v. StreetSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station EmployesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. HudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Cumero v. Public Employment Relations BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1989
- Hohe v. CaseyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
- Albro v. Indianapolis Education Ass'nIndiana Court of Appeals · 1992
- Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association-MEA-NEADistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1988
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