BELGAU v. INSLEE

No. 19-35137.

975 F.3d 940 (2020)

Melissa BELGAU; Donna Bybee; Michael Stone; Richard Ostrander; Miriam Torrespl; Katherine Newman; Gary Honc, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jay Robert INSLEE, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Washington; David Schumacher, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Washington Office of Financial Management; John Weisman, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Washington Department of Health; Cheryl Strange, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Washington Department of Social Health and Services; Roger Millar, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Washington Department of Transportation; Joel Sacks, in His Official Capacity as Dir. of Washington Department of Labor and Industries; Washington Federation of State Employees, (AFSCME, Council 28), Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Abernathy (argued), Olympia, Washington, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Matthew J. Murray (argued), Scott A. Kronland , and P. Casey Pitts , Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California; Edward E. Younglove III , Younglove & Coker PLLC, Olympia, Washington; for Defendant-Appellee Washington Federation of State Employees, (AFSCME, Council 28).

Alicia Orlena Young (argued), Senior Counsel; Kelly M. Woodward , Attorney; Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, Washington; for Defendants-Appellees Jay Robert Inslee, David Schumacher, John Weisman, Cheryl Strange, Roger Millar, and Joel Sacks.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges, and M. Douglas Harpool, District Judge.


OPINION

The Supreme Court's decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 was a gamechanger in the world of unions and public employment. ___ U.S. ___, 138 S.Ct. 2448, 201 L.Ed.2d 924 (2018). In Janus the Court concluded...

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