Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
16-1466	7th Cir.	Feb 26, 2018	Jun 27, 2018	5-4	Alito	OT 2017

Holding: The state of Illinois" extraction of agency fees from nonconsenting public-sector employees violates the First Amendment; Abood v. Detroit Bd. of Ed., which concluded otherwise, is overruled.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Alito on June 27, 2018. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion. Justice Kagan filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor joined.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

OT2017 #31: "Old Paella" (First Mondays, July 2, 2018)
Symposium: Four propositions that follow from Janus (James Coppess, June 28, 2018)
Symposium: Free speech for public employees restored -- Justice Alito plays the long game (Matthew Forys, June 28, 2018)
Symposium: Janus radical rewrite of the First Amendment (Alice O'Brien, June 28, 2018)
Symposium: The Supreme Court protects workers free-speech rights (Aaron Lindstrom, June 27, 2018)
A "view" from the courtroom: A river runs through it (Mark Walsh, June 27, 2018)
Symposium: For this court, the First Amendment reigns supreme and small business is cheering (Karen Harned, June 27, 2018)
Symposium: Campaigns and consequences (Toby Heytens, June 27, 2018)
Opinion analysis: Court strikes down public-sector union fees (Updated) (Amy Howe, June 27, 2018)
OT2017 #16: "Robots in Ireland" (First Mondays, March 5, 2018)
Argument analysis: Gorsuch stays mum on union fees (Amy Howe, February 26, 2018)
A "view" from the courtroom: The dog that didn't bark (Mark Walsh, February 26, 2018)
Argument preview: For the third time, justices take on union-fee issue (Amy Howe, February 20, 2018)
OT2017 #14: "Justice for Stormy" (First Mondays, February 19, 2018)
Symposium: Evidence shows unions will survive without agency fees (Patrick Wright, December 22, 2017)
Symposium: Agency fees benefit the workplace -- just ask the states (Xavier Becerra and Aimee Feinberg, December 22, 2017)
Court releases February calendar (Amy Howe, December 21, 2017)
Symposium: The free speech right of public employees not to pay union dues (Terry Pell, December 21, 2017)
Symposium: Not just a workers rights case (Emily Martin, December 21, 2017)
Symposium: The importance of respecting precedent (Michael Kimberly, December 20, 2017)
Symposium: Hijacked riders, not free riders (Andrée Blumstein, December 20, 2017)
Symposium: A ruling for plaintiffs would revive Lochner (Catherine Fisk, December 19, 2017)
Symposium: Overrule Abood to protect individual rights (at long last) (Deborah La Fetra, December 19, 2017)
For the third time, justices take on union-fee issue: In Plain English (Amy Howe, December 18, 2017)
Justices issue orders from "long conference" (UPDATED) (Amy Howe, September 28, 2017)
Will the third time be the charm for challenge to public-sector union fees? (Amy Howe, June 7, 2017)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/06/2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 10, 2017)
06/20/2017	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31.
06/21/2017	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner.
06/26/2017	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondents Michael Hoffman, in his official capacity as the Acting Director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, et al.
07/03/2017	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 11, 2017, for all respondents.
07/07/2017	Brief amicus curiae of the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions filed.
07/07/2017	Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
07/10/2017	Brief amicus curiae of Debora Nearman filed.
07/10/2017	Brief amici curiae of Rebecca Friedrichs, et al. filed.
07/10/2017	Brief amicus curiae of The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed.
07/10/2017	Brief amici curiae of the Cato Institute, et al. filed.
07/10/2017	Brief amici curiae of Michigan and Eighteen other States filed.
07/10/2017	Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
07/10/2017	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
07/10/2017	Brief amicus curiae of Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed.
08/10/2017	Brief of respondents Lisa Madigan and Michael Hoffman in opposition filed.
08/11/2017	Brief of respondent American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 in opposition filed.
08/29/2017	Reply of petitioner Mark Janus filed.
08/30/2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/25/2017.
09/28/2017	Petition GRANTED.
10/24/2017	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Lisa Madigan and Michael Hoffman.
11/02/2017	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31
11/03/2017	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Mark Janus.
11/08/2017	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 29, 2017.
11/08/2017	The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including January 12, 2018.
11/14/2017	Brief amicus curiae of James Madison Center for Free Speech, Inc. filed.
11/15/2017	Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
11/29/2017	Brief of petitioner Mark Janus filed.
11/29/2017	Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
12/01/2017	Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
12/05/2017	Brief amici curiae of Michigan, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin filed.
12/05/2017	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
12/05/2017	Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amicus curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law & Justice filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amici curiae of Gregory J. Hartnett, Elizabeth M. Galaska, Robert G. Brough, Jr., John M. Cress filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amici curiae of The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions and Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amici curiae of The Center on National Labor Policy, Inc. & Ben Johnson filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amicus curiae of Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amicus curiae of California Public-school Teachers filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amici curiae of Jason R. Barclay and James S. Montana, Jr. filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amici curiae of Certified Public Accountants in support of neither party filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amici curiae of Rebecca Friedrichs, et al. filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amicus curiae of 1851 Center for Constitutional Law filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amici curiae of Employees of the State of Minnesota Court System filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amici curiae of Charles Fried and Robert C. Post in support of neither party filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amicus curiae of Corporate Law Professors in support of neither party filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amici curiae of Jane Ladley and Christopher Meier filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amicus curiae of James Madison Institute filed.
12/06/2017	Brief amici curiae of Freedom Foundation and Economists filed.
12/20/2017	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, February 26, 2018
01/05/2018	CIRCULATED
01/10/2018	Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit.
01/10/2018	Record received from the U.S.C.A. 7th Circuit is electronic.
01/12/2018	Brief of respondent American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 filed. (Distributed)
01/12/2018	Brief of respondents Lisa Madigan and Michael Hoffman filed. (Distributed)
01/18/2018	Brief amici curiae of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed. (Distributed)
01/18/2018	Brief amici curiae of Workers Rasheedah Gray, et al filed. (Distributed)
01/18/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
01/18/2018	Brief amici curiae of Governor Tom Wolf, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/18/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Steve Bullock, Governor of Montana filed. (Distributed)
01/18/2018	Brief amici curiae of Chabot Las-Positas Faculty Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/18/2018	Brief amici curiae of Economists and Professors of Law and Economics filed. (Distributed)
01/18/2018	Brief amici curiae of Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Richard Blumenthal filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Republican Current and Former State and Local Officeholders filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Laborers' International Union of North America filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Los Angeles County's Department of Health Services, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of Professor Benjamin I. Sachs filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of National Education Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of International Association of Fire Fighters filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Teachers filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Fifteen Unions, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Crown Building Maintenance Co. d/b/a Able Services and Northern Indiana Independent Contractors Group filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of 24 Past Presidents of the D.C. Bar filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Joint motion for divided argument filed by respondents.
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of The National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of The National Fraternal Order of Police filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Mayor Eric Garcetti, County Executive Dow Constantine, Mayor Jenny Durkan, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Mayor James Kenney, and Mayor Bill De Blasio filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of International Brotherhood of Teamsters filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of New York City Municipal Labor Committee filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of State of California filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of American Federation of Government Employees filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of NEW YORK CITY SERGEANTS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., National Center for Lesbian Rights, National LGBTQ Task Force, and PFLAG National filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Professors Cynthia L. Estlund, Samuel Estreicher, Julius G. Getman, William B. Gould IV, Michael C. Harper, and Theodore J. St. Antoine filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Professors Eugene Volokh and William Baude filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Labor Law & Labor Relations Professors filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Faith in Public Life, et al. filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of National Women's Law Center, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and 85 Additional Organizations Committed to Civil Rights and Economic Opportunity filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Liberties Union filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of States of New York, Alaska Connecticut Delaware Hawaii Iowa Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota New Mexico New Jersey North Carolina Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Virginia and Washington and the District of Columbia filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amicus curiae of The City of New York filed. (Distributed)
01/19/2018	Brief amici curiae of International Association of Machininists and Aerospace Workers filed. (Distributed)
01/23/2018	Brief amici curiae of Child Protective Service Workers and Their Representatives filed. (Distributed)
02/12/2018	Reply of petitioner Mark Janus filed. (Distributed)
02/16/2018	Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
02/16/2018	Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED.
02/26/2018	Argued. For petitioner: William L. Messenger, Springfield, Va.; and Noel J. Francisco, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For state respondents: David L. Franklin, Solicitor General of Illinois, Chicago, Ill. For respondent AFSCME Council 31: David C. Frederick, Washington, D. C.
06/27/2018	Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Gorsuch, JJ., joined. Sotomayor, J. filed a dissenting opinion. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined.
07/30/2018	JUDGMENT ISSUED.