Mark JANUS and Brian Trygg, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, COUNCIL 31, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and
Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, Intervening Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 1, 2017.
Decided March 21, 2017.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William L. Messenger, Attorney, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Springfield, VA, Jacob H. Huebert, Jeffrey M. Schwab, Attorney, Liberty Justice Center, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
John M. West, Attorney, Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, DC, Melissa J. Auerbach, Attorney, Stephen Anthony Yokich, Attorney, Dowd, Bloch, Bennett, Cervone, Auerbach & Yokich, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, AFL-CIO.
Carl R. Draper, Attorney, Feldman, Wasser, Draper & Cox, Springfield, IL, for Defendant-Appellee General Teamsters, Professional & Technical Employees Local Union No. 916.
Frank Henry Bieszczat, Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Michael Hoffman, Director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, in his official capacity, Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois.
Before Posner, Sykes, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.
Posner, Circuit Judge.
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