Legal Opinion
The Alabama State Federation of Teachers, Afl-Cio, Etc. v. Fob James, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1981No. 80-7400PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Alabama State Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO [ASFT], a teachers’ representational organization, challenges several Alabama statutes conferring certain benefits upon a rival teachers’ organization, the Alabama Education Association [AEA], 1 on the ground that such statutes deny appellants 2 the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the fourteenth amendment and burden their freedom of association guaranteed by the first amendment. The statutes in question empower designated AEA officers to serve on both the Board of Control of the Alabama Teachers’ Retirement…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Professional Ass'n of College Educators v. El Paso County Community College DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Professional Association Of College Educators v. El Paso County Community College DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. LawrenceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Morfin v. Albuquerque Public SchoolsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- Georgia Ass'n of Educators v. Gwinnett County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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