Legal Opinion
AFSCME/Iowa Council 61 v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 25, 1992No. 92-70PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
A wage dispute between the State and unions representing certain State employees culminated in arbitration awards pursuant to an Iowa statutory scheme which provides for collective bargaining for public employees. Legislation funding wage increases in accordance with the awards was passed by the General Assembly but was the subject of an item veto by the governor. The unions then brought this action to enforce the awards. The trial court determined that the awards are enforceable and we agree.
The case arose because, in these adverse economic times and in view of other public…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Perry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. CheekSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Kersten Co., Inc. v. Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- State Of New York v. Edward V. ReganCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Carlstrom v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1985
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Danny Homan, Rich Taylor, Jerry Kearns, Mark Smith, Thomas Courtney, Janet Petersen, Bruce Hunter, Curt Hanson, Tony Bisignano, Herman Quirmbach, Dick Dearden, Art Staed, Ako Abdul-Samad, Jo Oldson, Ruth Ann Gaines, Sharon Steckman, Todd Taylor, Mary Gaskill, Kirsten Running-Marquardt, Timi Brown-Powers, Dave Jacoby, Pam Jochum, Matt McCoy, Michael Gronstal, and Bruce Bearinger v. Terry E. BranstadSupreme Court of Iowa · 2016
- State v. FLORIDA POLICE BENEV. ASS'NSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
- Kelly v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1994
- State of Illinois v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Council 31Illinois Supreme Court · 2016
- State Ex Rel. Iowa Department of Natural Resources v. ShelleyCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1993
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