MINNESOTA BD. FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES v. KNIGHT

No. 82-898.

465 U.S. 271 (1984)

MINNESOTA STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES v. KNIGHT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric R. Miller argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs for appellants in No. 82-977 was Donald W. Selzer, Jr. Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General of Minnesota, and Donald J. Mueting, Sheila S. Fishman, and Brad P. Engdahl, Special Assistant Attorneys General, filed briefs for appellant in No. 82-898.

Edwin Vieira, Jr., argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Darel F. Swenson.

Ann H. Franke, Lawrence White, and Ralph S. Spritzer filed a brief for the American Association of University Professors as amicus curiae.


JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

The State of Minnesota authorizes its public employees to bargain collectively over terms and conditions of employment. It also requires public employers to engage in official exchanges of views with their professional employees on policy questions relating to employment but outside the scope of mandatory bargaining. If professional employees forming an appropriate bargaining unit have selected an exclusive representative...

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