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Labor/Employment

Feb. 19, 2016

Scalia's death creates chaos over public sector union due issue

The justice's passing probably benefits unions, but outcome of Friedrichs is unclear

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death sparked a 180-degree shift in perception about the outcome of a case involving compulsory public sector union dues, but Scalia's passing may result in messy uncertainty and not a clear cut union victory.

After oral arguments in January in Friedrichs et. al v. California Teachers Association et. al, 14-915, even union-side lawyers acknowledged ...

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