Legal Opinion
Lyons v. Labor Relations Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 8, 1986PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The plaintiff, Joseph K. Lyons, is a public school teacher employed by the Whittier Regional Vocational District School Committee. Lyons is within a collective bargaining *499unit represented by the Whittier Regional Teachers Association (union), but he is not a union member. Pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement negotiated by the union covering the 1982-1983 school year, nonunion employees within the collective bargaining unit were required to pay an agency fee equal to union membership dues.2 Failure to pay the agency fee was cause for dismissal under the terms of the agreement.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Abood v. Detroit Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Chase Securities Corp. v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. HudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Leahy v. Local 1526, American Federation of State, County, & Municipal EmployeesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Quincy City Hospital v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Horner v. Boston Edison Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
- Harrison v. Massachusetts Society of Professors/Faculty Staff Union/MTA/NEAMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Langton v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
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