Legal Opinion
Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 2012No. 10-1121PublishedCited by 776 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
In this case, we decide whether the First Amendment allows a public-sector union to require objecting nonmembers to pay a special fee for the purpose of financing the union’s political and ideological activities.
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Under California law, public-sector employees in a bargaining unit may decide by majority vote to create an “agency shop” arrangement under which all the employees are represented by a union selected by the majority. Cal. Govt. Code Ann. § 3502.5(a) (West 2010). While employees in the unit are not required to join the union, they must nevertheless pay the union an annual fee to…
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