Knox v. Service Employees Int’l Union, Local 1000

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
10-1121	9th Cir.	Jan 10, 2012 Tr.Aud.	TBD	TBD	TBD	OT 2011

Issue: (1) May a state, consistent with the First and Fourteenth Amendments, condition employment on the payment of a special union assessment intended solely for political and ideological expenditures without first providing a notice that includes information about that assessment and provides an opportunity to object to its exaction? (2) May a state, consistent with the First and Fourteenth Amendments, condition continued public employment on the payment of union agency fees for purposes of financing political expenditures for ballot measures?

Plain English Issue: Does the First Amendment give state employees the right to decline to pay union dues used for political advocacy by the union?

SCOTUSblog Coverage

• Argument recap: Mootness could squelch union fees case
• When union fees go up, must a “Hudson notice” go out?
• Granted case challenged as "moot"

Briefs and Documents

Merits Briefs for Petitioners

• Brief for Diane Knox et al. 
• Reply brief for Diane Knox et al.

Amicus Briefs in Support of Petitioners

• Brief for the Pacific Legal Foundation et al. 

Merits Briefs for the Respondent

• Brief for Service Employees Int'l Union, Local 1000

Amicus Briefs in Support of Respondent

• Brief for the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations
• Brief for the National Education Association

Other documents

• Respondent's motion to dismiss as moot
• Petitioners' opposition to Respondent's motion to dismiss as moot
• Petitioners' reply to motion to dismiss

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (9th Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioner's reply