Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Connell
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 9, 2003No. Nos. 01-16735, 01-16819, 01-17445, 01-17450PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge.
It is settled law that a union may charge nonunion employees certain fees to pay for their “fair share” of the union’s cost of negotiating and administering a collective bargaining agreement. Abood v. Detroit Bd. of Educ., 431 U.S. 209, 97 S.Ct. 1782, 52 L.Ed.2d 261 (1977). In Chicago Teachers Union v. Hudson, 475 U.S. 292, 310, 106 S.Ct. 1066, 89 L.Ed.2d 232 (1986), the Supreme Court established certain safeguards in connection with the collection of such fees, including “an adequate explanation of the basis for the fee.” This appeal involves the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Abood v. Detroit Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Blackie v. BarrackCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- International Ass'n of MacHinists v. StreetSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by26 opinions
- United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. ConocoPhillips Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
- Cummings v. ConnellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Entergy Arkansas, Inc. v. NebraskaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
- Rushing v. Alon USA, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 2013
- Cummings v. ConnellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
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