HARRIS v. QUINN

No. 10-3835.

656 F.3d 692 (2011)

Pamela J. HARRIS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Governor Pat QUINN, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Messenger (argued), Attorney, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Springfield, VA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Paul Berks (argued), Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, Scott A. Kronland (argued), Attorney, Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, CA, Joel A. D'Alba , Attorney, Asher, Gittler & D'Alba, Melissa J. Auerbach , Attorney, Cornfield & Feldman, Chicago, IL, John M. West , Attorney, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MANION, WOOD, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in this appeal provide in-home care for people with varying levels of disabilities and other health needs. They present a narrow question: Does a collective bargaining agreement that requires Medicaid home-care personal assistants to pay a fee to a union representative violate the First Amendment, regardless of the amount of those fees or how the union uses them? We hold that it does...

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