THOMPSON v. MARIETTA EDUC. ASSOCIATION

No. 19-4217.

972 F.3d 809 (2020)

Jade THOMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARIETTA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION; Marietta City School District Board of Education, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert Alt , THE BUCKEYE INSTITUTE, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Scott A. Kronland , ALTSHULER BERZON LLP, San Francisco, California, for Appellee Marietta Education Association. Bryan M. Smeenk , BRICKER & ECKLER LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee Marietta City School District Board of Education. ON BRIEF: Robert Alt , THE BUCKEYE INSTITUTE, Columbus, Ohio, Andrew M. Grossman , Patrick T. Lewis , BAKERHOSTETLER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Scott A. Kronland , P. Casey Pitts , ALTSHULER BERZON LLP, San Francisco, California, Eben O. McNair, IV , Timothy Gallagher , SCHWARZWALD MCNAIR & FUSCO LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee Marietta Education Association. Bryan M. Smeenk , Nicole M. Donovsky , BRICKER & ECKLER LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee Marietta City School District Board of Education.

Before: GIBBONS, GRIFFIN, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

By signing on the dotted line, public employees accept the government as their employer. In Ohio, the law requires them to also accept a union as their exclusive bargaining representative. It's a take-it-or-leave-it system—either agree to exclusive representation, which is codified in state law, or...

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