Legal Opinion
City of Madison Joint School District No. 8 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 8, 1976No. 75-946PublishedCited by 362 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
The question presented on this appeal from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin is whether a State may constitutionally require that an elected board of education prohibit teachers, other than union representatives, to speak at open meetings, at which public participation is permitted, if such speech is addressed to the subject of pending collective-bargaining negotiations.
The Madison Board of Education and Madison Teachers, Inc. (MTI), a labor union, were parties to a collective-bargaining agreement during the calendar year of 1971.1 In January 1971 negotiations commenced for renewal of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by362 opinions
- Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- First Nat. Bank of Boston v. BellottiSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Widmar v. VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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