Legal Opinion
Hanten v. School District of Riverview Gardens
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1999No. 98-2884, 98-2963PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOPF, Judge.
Does a school district’s preference for union labor, expressed in construction bid specifications, violate the constitutional right of non-union employees to freely associate when the school district, in conformity with the preference, requires the successful contractor to engage a union-only subcontractor? We decide that such a preference and the conduct in conformity with that preference do not violate the right of non-union employees to freely associate.
K.C. Sheet Metal, a non-union heating and air conditioning shop, three of its employees and a taxpayer appeal. The plain*801tiffs…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Woelke & Romero Framing, Inc. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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