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Alaska v. Alaska State Employees Association

Petition for certiorari denied on January 16, 2024
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-179 Alaska N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2023

Issue: Whether the First Amendment prohibits a state from taking money from employees’ paychecks to subsidize union speech when the state lacks sufficient evidence that the employees knowingly and voluntarily waived their First Amendment rights.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Aug 23 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 25, 2023)
Aug 25 2023Waiver of right of respondent Alaska State Employees Association/American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Local 52, AFL-CIO to respond filed.
Aug 28 2023Letter from counsel for petitioner submitted.
Aug 30 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
Aug 30 2023Response Requested. (Due September 29, 2023)
Sep 06 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2023 to October 30, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
Sep 07 2023Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 30, 2023.
Sep 29 2023Brief amicus curiae of Buckeye Institute filed.
Sep 29 2023Brief amicus curiae of Freedom Foundation filed.
Sep 29 2023Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed.
Sep 29 2023Brief amici curiae of Mark Janus, et al. filed.
Sep 29 2023Brief amici curiae of Mackinac Center for Public Policy, et al. filed.
Sep 29 2023Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed.
Sep 29 2023Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., et al. filed.
Sep 29 2023Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed.
Oct 30 2023Brief of respondent Alaska State Employees Association/American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Local 52, AFL-CIO in opposition filed.
Nov 10 2023Reply of petitioners Alaska, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Nov 14 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
Dec 01 2023Rescheduled.
Dec 01 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
Jan 02 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
Jan 08 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.
Jan 16 2024Petition DENIED.