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.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/23/2023	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 25, 2023)
08/25/2023	Waiver of right of respondent Alaska State Employees Association/American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Local 52, AFL-CIO to respond filed.
08/28/2023	Letter from counsel for petitioner submitted.
08/30/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
08/30/2023	Response Requested. (Due September 29, 2023)
09/06/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2023 to October 30, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
09/07/2023	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 30, 2023.
09/29/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Buckeye Institute filed.
09/29/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Freedom Foundation filed.
09/29/2023	Brief amici curiae of Kansas, et al. filed.
09/29/2023	Brief amici curiae of Mark Janus, et al. filed.
09/29/2023	Brief amici curiae of Mackinac Center for Public Policy, et al. filed.
09/29/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed.
09/29/2023	Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., et al. filed.
09/29/2023	Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed.
10/30/2023	Brief of respondent Alaska State Employees Association/American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Local 52, AFL-CIO in opposition filed.
11/10/2023	Reply of petitioners Alaska, et al. filed. (Distributed)
11/14/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2023.
12/01/2023	Rescheduled.
12/01/2023	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
01/02/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
01/08/2024	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.
01/16/2024	Petition DENIED.