Rowland v. State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition
Petition for certiorari denied on January 21, 2014
Issue: (1) Whether a governor’s subjective motives for exercising a state’s inherent power and contractual right
to reduce the size of its unionized workforce are legally
relevant when a court is
asked to determine the
constitutionality of that legislative act; and (2) whether the Second Circuit erred in requiring strict
scrutiny of a governor’s decision to reduce the size of
a state’s unionized workforce by falsely analogizing
that decision to firing state employees based on their
political party affiliation.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Aug 5 2013 | Application (13A160) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 29, 2013 to October 14, 2013, submitted to Justice Ginsburg. |
| Aug 7 2013 | Application (13A160) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until October 14, 2013. |
| Oct 15 2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 18, 2013) |
| Nov 13 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Connecticut Association of Boards of Education filed. |
| Nov 16 2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 20, 2013. |
| Nov 18 2013 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Yankee Institute for Public Policy. |
| Dec 20 2013 | Brief of respondents State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Dec 27 2013 | Reply of petitioners John G. Rowland, former Governor of Connecticut, et al. filed. |
| Dec 31 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 17, 2014. |
| Jan 7 2014 | Supplemental brief of petitioners John G. Rowland, former Governor of Connecticut, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 21 2014 | Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Yankee Institute for Public Policy GRANTED. Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion. |
| Jan 21 2014 | Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |
