DIAMOND v. PENNSYLVANIA STATE EDUCATION ASS'N

Nos. 19-2812 and 19-3906.

972 F.3d 262 (2020)

Arthur DIAMOND, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated; Jeffrey Schawartz; Sandra H. Ziegler, on behalf of themselves others similar situated; Matthew Shively; Matthew Simkins; Douglas R. Kase; Justin Barry, Appellants in case no. 19-2812 v. PENNSYLVANIA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION; Chestnut Ridge Education Association, as representative of the class of all chapters and affiliates of the Pennsylvania State Education Association; National Education Association; Josh Shapiro, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Pennsylvania; James M. Darby; Albert Mezzaroba; Robert H. Shoop, Jr., in their official capacities as chairman and members of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board; Lesley Childer-Potts, in her official capacity as district attorney of Bedford County, and as representative of the class of all district attorneys in Pennsylvania with the authority to prosecute violations of 71 Pa. Stat. 575 Janine Wenzig and Catherine Kioussis, Appellants in case no. 19-3906 v. Service Employees International Union Local 668.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: August 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Canamucio, Esq. , Pennsylvania State Education Association, 400 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, Leon Dayan, Esq. [ARGUED], Bredhoff & Kaiser, 805 15th Street, N.W., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005, Jacob Karabell, Esq. , Bredhoff & Kaiser, 805 15th Street, N.W., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005, John M. West, Esq. , Bredhoff & Kaiser, 805 15th Street, N.W., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005, Counsel for Appellees Pennsylvania State Education Association, et al.

Daniel B. Mullen, Esq. , Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 1251 Waterfront Place, Mezzanine Level, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, Counsel for Appellees Attorney General Joshua D. Shapiro, et al.

Jonathan F. Mitchell, Esq. [ARGUED], Direct: 512-686-3940, Email: [email protected], Fax: 512-686-3941 [COR NTC Retained], Suite 400, 111 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701, Counsel for Appellants Arthur Diamond, et al.

Meredith Johnson, Esq. , Altshuler Berzon, 177 Post Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94108, Scott A. Kronland, Esq. , Altshuler Berzon, 177 Post Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94108, P. Casey Pitts, Esq. [ARGUED], Altshuler Berzon, 177 Post Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94108, Counsel for Appellee Service Employees International Union Local 668.

Charles O. Beckley, II, Esq. , Beckley & Madden, 212 North Third Street, Suite 301, Harrisburg, PA 17108, Brian Kelsey, Esq. [ARGUED], Liberty Justice Center, 190 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60603, William L. Messenger, Esq. , National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, 8001 Braddock Road, Suite 600, Springfield, VA 22151, Counsel for Appellants Janine Wenzig and Catherine Kioussis.

Before: PHIPPS, RENDELL, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In reliance on a Pennsylvania statute and the Supreme Court's decision in Abood v. Detroit Bd. of Educ., 431 U.S. 209, 97 S.Ct. 1782, 52 L.Ed.2d 261 (1977), Appellee Unions, the Service Employees International Union Local 668 and the Pennsylvania State Education Association...

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