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Gary Davenport, et al. v. Washington Education Association
No. 05-1589 Title:

Gary Davenport, et al. v. Washington Education Association

Argued with: Washington v. Washington Education Association
No. 05-1657

Subject:

Unions, First Amendment, Wages, Campaign Finance Laws, Nonmember Wage Seizure, Labor Law

Questions:

1. Do labor union officials have a First Amendment right to seize and use for politics the wages of employees who have chosen not to become union members?
   
   
2. Does a state campaign finance law that prohibits labor unions and their officials from seizing and using the wages of nonmembers for partisan political campaigns without obtaining the nonmembers' affirmative consent violate the First Amendment rights of labor unions?

Decisions:

• Supreme Court of Washington, Opinion Filed: March 16, 2006
• Supreme Court of Washington, Dissenting Opinion Filed: March 16, 2006
• United States Supreme Court, Cert. Granted: September 26, 2006

Resources:

• Docket Sheet From the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism: On the Docket

Briefs:

Petition Phase


• Certiorari Petition of Davenport, et al.
• Certiorari Petition of Washington
• Brief in Opposition
• Reply for Petitioners Davenport, et al.
  
• Reply for Petitioner Washington
  
• Amicus Brief of the Campaign Legal Ctr. in Support of Petitioner
  
• Amici Brief of Evergreen Freedom Found. et al. in Support of Petitioner
  
• Amicus Brief of the Institute for Justice in Support of Petitioner
  
• Amicus Brief of Pac. Legal Found. in Support of Petitioner
  
  Merits Phase
  
  
• Brief of Petitioners Davenport, et al.
  
• Brief of Petitioner Washington
  
• Respondent's Brief -- Coming Soon

Counsel of Record

For Petitioner Davenport:

Milton L. Chappell
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.
Springfield, VA

For Petitioner Washington (Case No. 05-1657):

William Berggren Collins
Deputy Solicitor General
Olympia, WA  

For Respondent Washington Educ. Ass'n:

John M. West
Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C.
Washington, DC

 

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