BALL v. CITY OF DETROIT

Docket No. 25586.

84 Mich. App. 383 (1978)

269 N.W.2d 607

BALL v. CITY OF DETROIT

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided July 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keller, Thoma, Toppin & Schwarze, P.C. (by David E. Kempner), Webster, Kilcullen & Chamberlain, and National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (by Raymond LaJeunesse, Jr.), for plaintiffs.

Kermit G. Bailer, Corporation Counsel, and Michael Hurvitz, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for defendant City of Detroit and Detroit Civil Service Commission.

Zwerdling & Maurer, for defendant AFSCME Council No. 77, AFL-CIO.

Amicus Curiae: Detroit Federation of Teachers (by Marston, Sachs, Nunn, Kates, Kadushin & O'Hare).

Before: BEASLEY, P.J., and D.E. HOLBROOK, JR. and M.J. KELLY, JJ.


D.E. HOLBROOK, JR., J.

In June 1970, 65 nonunion member employees of the City of Detroit filed suit against the City of Detroit, the Detroit Civil Service Commission, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), District Council 77 and various individual former and current officers of Council 77. Plaintiffs challenged defendant union's right to compel payment of an "agency shop service fee", as required by collective bargaining agreements...

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