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Lehnert Vs. Ferris Faculty Ass'n

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 30, 1991

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  1. Buckley Vs. Valeo US Supreme Court · Jan 30, 1976
  2. Mills Vs. Alabama US Supreme Court · May 23, 1966
  3. Railway Clerks Vs. Allen US Supreme Court · May 13, 1963
  4. Machinists Vs. Street US Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1961
  5. Wooley Vs. Maynard US Supreme Court · Apr 20, 1977
  6. Elrod Vs. Burns US Supreme Court · Jun 28, 1976
  7. Torcaso Vs. Watkins US Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1961
  8. Naacp Vs. Button US Supreme Court · Jan 14, 1963
  9. United States Vs. Hasting US Supreme Court · May 23, 1983
  10. Lehnert v. Ferris
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  11. Faculty Ass'n - 500 U.S. 507 (1991) U.S. Supreme Court Lehnert v. Ferris
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  12. Faculty Ass'n, 500 U.S. 507 (1991) Lehnert v. Ferris
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  13. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Syllabus Subsequent to Abood V. Detroit
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  14. unit's protection, even if it is not actually expended on that unit in any particular membership year. Cf. Ellis v. Railway
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  15. only for the costs of performing the union's statutory duties as exclusive bargaining agent. See, e.g., Machinists v. Street
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  16. Subsequent to this Court's decision in Abood v. Detroit
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  17. provisions such as the agency shop agreement at issue here. The Court first addressed the question in Railway Employee v. Hanson
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  18. campaigns to which reluctant union members are opposed. The Court addressed that issue under the RLA in Machinists v. Street
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  19. funds in support of political causes to which those employees objected. Two years later, in Railway Clerks v. Allen
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  20. Ellis v. Railway
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  21. albeit indirectly, to the promotion of such positions implicates core First Amendment concerns. See, e.g., Wooley v. Maynard
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  22. principles that prevent a State from conditioning public employment upon association with a political party, see Elrod v. Burns
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  23. U. S. 347 (1976) (plurality opinion), or upon professed religious allegiance, see Torcaso v. Watkins
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  24. Ibid. See Page 500 U. S. 519 also Keller v. State
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  25. Bar of California, 496 U. S. 1 (1990), and Communications Workers v. Beck
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  26. F.2d at 1392, quoting Robinson v. New
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  27. problem that would otherwise accompany Page 500 U. S. 521 union recognition. Chicago Teachers v. Hudson
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  28. is in no way limited to controversial topics or emotionally Page 500 U. S. 522 charged issues, see Winters v. New
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  29. compelled speech is the discussion of governmental affairs, which is at the core of our First Amendment freedoms, Roth v. United
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  30. constitutes membership in the state and national parent organizations. See 643 F.Supp. at 1308. See also Cumero v. Public
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  31. the union bears the burden of proving the proportion of chargeable expenses to total expenses. Chicago Teachers v. Hudson
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  32. kind and effect. We long have recognized the important political and expressive nature of litigation. See, e.g., NAACP v. Button
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  33. be served by compelling objecting employees to subsidize activity that the State has chosen to disallow. See Male v. Grand
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  34. in a strike. 643 F.Supp. at 1312. The Court of Appeals properly reviewed this finding for clear error. See Anderson v. Bessemer
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  35. The union may properly charge petitioners for those costs. v. The
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  36. Lehnert v. Ferris
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  37. refer to negotiation and administration as the touchstones for determining chargeability. See, e.g., Ellis v. Railway
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  38. Abood v. Detroit
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  39. at 466 U. S. 456 . In reaching a contrary conclusion, the principal opinion relies principally on Wooley v. Maynard
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  40. citizens to withhold their share of payments for activities that Congress has approved. See, e.g., United States v. Lee
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  41. as that concept has evolved in the relevant cases. See, e.g., NAACP v. Button
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  42. of whether the District Court erred in finding that all of the litigation articles were chargeable. See Anderson v. Liberty
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  43. United States v. Hasting
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  44. The principal opinion also appears to rely on Ellis v. Railway
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  45. of union dues, we have focused narrowly upon the union's role as an exclusive bargaining agent. In Railway Employees v. Hanson
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  46. U. S. 740 , 367 U. S. 787 (1961) (Black, J., dissenting) (emphasis added). In Abood v. Detroit
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  47. Id. at 367 U. S. 768 . Our analysis in Ellis v. Railway
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  48. Id. at 466 U. S. 453 . Most recently, in Communications Workers v. Beck
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  49. unit litigation, at Part IV-B, and of conventions, at Part IV-E, JUSTICE BLACKMUN places unfounded reliance upon Ellis v. Railway
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  50. U.S. Supreme Court Lehnert v. Ferris
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