Legal Opinion
Belhumeur v. Labor Relations Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 21, 2000PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
James J. Belhumeur and 118 other public school teachers throughout the Commonwealth1 (collectively, charging parties) filed multiple prohibited labor practice charges with the Labor Relations Commission (commission), challenging the amount of the agency fee2 demanded by their collective bargaining representative, the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA)/National Education Association (NEA) and its local affiliates (collectively, unions), over five fiscal years, 1987-1992.3 After hearings on the MTA portion of the agency fee, the commission issued a decision concluding that the MTA had…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Abood v. Detroit Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station EmployesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. HudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Electronic Data Systems Corp. v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Camara v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Doe v. Superintendent of Schools of StoughtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- O'BRIEN v. City of SpringfieldDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2003
- City of Boston v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2004
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