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Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association 



Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association

Docket No.Op. BelowArgumentOpinionVoteAuthorTerm
14-9159th Cir.TBDTBDTBDTBDOT 2015
Issue: (1) Whether Abood v. Detroit Board of Education should be overruled and public-sector “agency shop” arrangements invalidated under the First Amendment; and (2) whether it violates the First Amendment to require that public employees affirmatively object to subsidizing nonchargeable speech by public-sector unions, rather than requiring that employees affirmatively consent to subsidizing such speech.

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