GRANT v. SPELLMAN

No. 47441-9.

99 Wn.2d 815 (1983)

664 P.2d 1227

LEON G. GRANT, Appellant, v. JOHN SPELLMAN (RANDALL REVELLE), ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Greenfield and George Cleve Haynes of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, for appellant.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Richard W. Elliott, Senior Deputy, for respondents Spellman, et al.

Hafer, Cassidy & Price and John Burns, for respondent Public Safety Employees Union, Local 519.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Richard A. Heath, Assistant, for respondent Public Employment Relations Commission.

Robert W. Nixon and David R. Duncan on behalf of General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, amici curiae for appellant.

David T. Bryant, John C. Scully, and Bruce N. Cameron on behalf of the National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., and Jerry B. Edmonds and Michael Farris, amici curiae for appellant.


DOLLIVER, J.

In Grant v. Spellman, 96 Wn.2d 454, 635 P.2d 1071 (1981), the Washington Supreme Court held RCW 41.56.122(1) requires a public employee belong to a church or religious body to claim a union dues exemption based upon religious beliefs. The court ruled RCW 41.56.122(1), as interpreted, does not violate the free exercise of religion clause of the First Amendment. Plaintiff Grant...

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