REISMAN v. ASSOCIATED FACULTIES OF UNIV. OF MAINE

No. 18-2201.

939 F.3d 409 (2019)

Jonathan REISMAN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. ASSOCIATED FACULTIES OF the UNIVERSITY OF MAINE; University of Maine at Machias; Board of Trustees of the University of Maine; and the State of Maine, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

October 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew M. Grossman , with whom Richard B. Raile , Renee M. Knudsen , Baker-Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC, Robert Alt , Daniel Dew , and The Buckeye Institute were on brief, for appellant.

Jacob Karabell , with whom John M. West , Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Jason Walta , and National Education Association, Washington, DC, were on brief, for appellee Associated Faculties of the University of Maine.

Linda D. McGill , with whom Tara A. Walker and Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A., Portland, ME, were on brief, for appellees University of Maine at Machias and Board of Trustees of the University of Maine.

Susan P. Herman , Deputy Attorney General, with whom Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, and Christopher C. Taub , Assistant Attorney General, were on brief, for appellee State of Maine.

Before Thompson, Selya, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


Jonathan Reisman, an economics professor at the University of Maine at Machias, seeks to invalidate a Maine statute that governs collective bargaining between the state's university system and its faculty on the ground that the statute violates the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. The District Court granted...

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