Legal Opinion
Wareham Education Ass'n v. Labor Relations Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 15, 1999PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The Bridgewater Education Association (BEA), the Wareham Education Association (WEA) and the Fairhaven Education Association (FEA) (collectively, unions) appeal from the decision of the defendant, Labor Relations Commission (commission), requiring them to return certain agency shop *82fees3 to nonunion members and precluding them from claiming such fees absent audited financial statements. We granted the plaintiff unions’ application for direct appellate review, and we now affirm the commission’s ruling.
The interveners, David Dupuis; Eleanor Dupuis; Betsy Ann Wood; Charles Cipollini; and Peter…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Abood v. Detroit Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. HudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Jack Gilpin v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Howard K. Andrews v. Education Association of CheshireCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- William Lowary and Sara Wyatt v. Lexington Local Board of Education, Ohio Education Association, Lexington Teachers AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
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- Marsha Otto F. Naylor Emery Dennis A. Erb Robert K. Gilbert James W. Lossell Barbara J. McAlley Wesley S. Semple, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Non-Members Similarly Situated v. Pennsylvania State Education Association-Nea National Education Association Shaler Area Education Association, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Local Associations Similarly Situated Marsha Otto F. Naylor Emery Dennis A. Erb Robert K. Gilbert James W. Lossell Barbara J. McAlley Wesley S. Semple, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Non-Members Similarly Situated v. Pennsylvania State Education Association-Nea Shaler Area Education Association, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Local Associations Similarly Situated, National Education Association Grove City Area Education Association Jane Campbell Barbara LeibyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
- Belhumeur v. Labor Relations CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Brookline Educators Ass'n v. AveryMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2006