ZOELLER v. SWEENEY

No. 45S00-1309-PL-596.

19 N.E.3d 749 (2014)

Gregory F. ZOELLER, Attorney General of the State of Indiana and Rick J. Ruble, Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Labor, Appellants (Defendants), v. James M. SWEENEY, David A. Fagan, Charles Severs, James C. Oliver, Bryan Scofield, Earl Click Jr., and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150-AFL-CIO, Appellees (Plaintiffs).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

November 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory F. Zoeller , Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. Fisher , Solicitor General, Heather H. McVeigh , Ashley T. Harwel , Jonathan R. Sichtermann , Deputy Attorneys General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellants.

Dale D. Pierson , Elizabeth A. LaRose , Melinda S. Hensel , IUOE Local 150 Legal Dept., Marc R. Poulos , Kara M. Principe , Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Foundation for Fair Contracting, Countryside, IL, Jeffrey S. Wrage , Blachly, Tabor, Bozik, & Hartman, Valparaiso, IN, Attorneys for Appellees.

Charles B. Baldwin , Todd M. Nierman , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Indianapolis, IN, Amici Curiae, The Indiana Legal Foundation.

Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt , Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, IN, Kenneth B. Elwood , Rhame & Elwood, Portage, IN, Amicus Curiae Brief of Professor Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt.

Keith E. White , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Adam L. Bartrom , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Fort Wayne, IN, Jonathan A. Watson , Passaro, Kahne & Taylor, Benton Harbor, MI, Milton L. Chappell , National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Springfield, VA, Brief of Amici Curiae Julie Huffman, Michael Miller, and The National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center.

Neil E. Gath , Fillenwarth Dennerline Groth & Towe, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Brief of Amicus Curiae Indiana State Building and Construction Trades Council.

Jeffrey A. Macey , Richard J. Swanson , Macey Swanson and Allman, Indianapolis, IN, Brief of Amicus Curiae United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union.


DICKSON, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a trial court judgment declaring that two provisions of the Indiana Right to Work Law, Indiana Code sections 22-6-6-8 and 22-6-6-10, violate Article 1, Section 21 of the Indiana Constitution. The plaintiffs, Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO — an exclusive-agency union — and several of its members and officers (collectively the "Union"), filed a complaint against the Attorney...

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