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JANUS v. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE

No. 16-1466.

138 S.Ct. 2448 (2018)

585 U.S. 878

Mark JANUS, Petitioner, v. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, COUNCIL 31, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 27, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Messenger , Springfield, VA, for Petitioner.

Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

David L. Franklin , Solicitor General, Chicago, IL, for the State Respondents.

David C. Frederick , Washington, DC, for the Respondent AFSCME Council 31.

Dan K. Webb , Joseph J. Torres , Lawrence R. Desideri , Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, Jacob H. Huebert , Jeffrey M. Schwab , Liberty Justice Center, Chicago, IL, William L. Messenger , Aaron B. Solem , c/o National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Springfield, VA, for Petitioner.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, State of Illinois, David L. Franklin , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Brett E. Legner , Deputy Solicitor General, Frank H. Bieszczat , Jane Flanagan , Sarah A. Hunger , Richard S. Huszagh , Lindsay Beyer Payne , Andrew Tonelli , Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, IL, for Respondents Lisa Madigan and Michael Hoffman.

John M. West , Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, DC, Judith E. Rivlin , Teague P. Paterson , AFSCME, Washington, DC, David C. Frederick , Derek T. Ho , Benjamin S. Softness , Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Respondent American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31.

Under Illinois law, public employees are forced to subsidize a union, even if they choose not to join and strongly object to the positions the union takes in collective bargaining and related activities. We conclude that this arrangement violates the...

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