BURNS v. SCHOOL SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION LOCAL 284

No. 21-3052.

75 F.4th 857 (2023)

Pollyanna BURNS; Rhonda Tomoson; Diane Gooding, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SCHOOL SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION LOCAL 284; Independent School District No. 191, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was James Dickey , of Golden Valley, MN. The following attorney also appeared on the appellant brief; Douglas Seaton , of Golden Valley, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the brief was Patrick Casey Pitts , of San Francisco, CA. The following attorneys also appeared on the appellee brief; Brendan D. Cummins , of Minneapolis, MN., Scott A. Kronland , of San Francisco, CA., and Kari Marie Dahlin , of Minneapolis, MN.

Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


The principal issue in this appeal is whether a school district and a labor union violated the free speech rights of union members by deducting union dues from employee paychecks. We agree with the district court* that the school district's employees...

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