Carey v. Inslee

Ronald B. Leighton, United States District Judge

INTRODUCTION

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant Washington Education Association's ("WEA") Motion to Dismiss or for Summary Judgment.1 WEA is a public sector union that, until recently, collected fees from nonunion members in accordance with the Supreme Court's holding in Abood v. Detroit Bd. of Ed. , 431 U.S. 209, 97 S.Ct. 1782, 52 L.Ed.2d 261 (1977). Under Abood , unions could forcibly collect fees from nonmembers as a condition of employment as long as those fees were put toward collective bargaining rather than political or…