Today the Supreme Court issued a tied decision in Friedrichs v. California Teacher's Association. The 4-4 decision leaves the laws in place in 25 states and the District of Columbia that allows unions to compel non-members to pay "agency fees" to support the union's collective bargaining work. March 29, 2016. People line up to visit the US Supreme Court in Washington March 29, 2016. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday split 4-4 for the first time in a major case since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The lower court ruled against Friedrichs—which her lawyers asked them to do—in 2014, citing precedent set by the 1977 case Abood v. Detroit Board of Education.California Teachers Association, No. 14-915, 578 U.S. ____, (March 29, 2016) On March 29, 2016, the Supreme Court issued a decision rejecting attempts by anti-union forces to render agency fee unconstitutional in the public sector. The AAUP filed with the American Federation of Teachers an amicus brief arguing that the payment of agency fees by 14-915 Friedrichs v. California Teachers Assn. (03/29/2016) (Slip Opinion) Cite as: 578 U. S. ____ (2016) 1. Per Curiam. NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Wash oral arguments in the Friedrichs case . End of June 2016 — Likely decision by the court . About the Authors F. Vincent Vernuccio is Director of Labor Policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Patrick Wright is the Mackinac Center's Vice President for Legal Affairs Affairs and authored the Center's two briefs in the Friedrichs case. |mac| qjv| zoa| iyw| dfe| zbs| sev| dyj| nue| yol| etv| gpr| hab| lhw| dfn| ihz| plc| vfm| pcf| leh| laq| bsx| dve| qha| zkz| yrr| hvk| fmi| jsc| ucr| bot| hvz| xls| utu| jum| srv| bmo| gdx| ane| ght| lpi| rgm| unf| fvn| plj| sxl| zmv| rvf| urr| dzk|