Legal Opinion
Beck v. COMMUNICATIONS WKRS. OF AMERICA (CWA)
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 16, 1979No. Civ. B-76-839PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BLAIR, District Judge.
This is an action brought against the Communications Workers of America (CWA) by twenty individuals who pay “agency fees” to that union and its various Maryland locals. The complaint alleges, in essence, that the defendant union has collected and continues to collect from the plaintiffs monies in excess of the amount actually allocable to expenses incurred in connection with collective bargaining, contract administration and grievance adjustment in violation of plaintiffs’ first amendment rights.
This court held by Memorandum and Order of January 12,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Abood v. Detroit Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- International Ass'n of MacHinists v. StreetSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- National Labor Relations Board v. General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Herbert Milbert v. Bison Laboratories, Inc., and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Communications Workers of America v. BeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- School Comm. of Greenfield v. Greenfield Educ. Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Butler v. DirectSAT USA, LLCDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2015
- Federal Deposit Ins. v. FIRST NAT. BANK OF WAUKESHADistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1985
- K-Mart Corp. v. Swann Ltd. Partnership (In Re Swann Ltd. Partnership)District Court, D. Maryland · 1991
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