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DAVENPORT v. WASHINGTON EDUC. ASS'N

Nos. 05-1589, 05-1657.

127 S.Ct. 2372 (2007)

551 U.S. 177

168 L.Ed.2d 71

Gary DAVENPORT, et al., Petitioners, v. WASHINGTON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Washington, Petitioner, v. Washington Education Association.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 14, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. McKenna, Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for petitioners.

Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General, Atlanta, GA, for United States as Amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting petitioners.

John M. West, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Judith A. Lonnquist, Seattle, WA, Harriet Strasberg, Olympia, WA, John M. West, Counsel of Record, Jeremiah A. Collins, Laurence S. Gold, Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Milton L. Chappell, Counsel of Record, for Petitioners Glenn M. Taubman c/o National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Springfield, VA, Steven T. O'Ban Ellis, Li, & McKinstry PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioners.

Maureen A. Hart, Solicitor General, Linda A. Dalton, Sr. Assistant Attorney General, D. Thomas Wendel, Assistant Attorney General, Robert M. McKenna, Attorney General, William Berggren Collins, Deputy Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Olympia, WA, for Petitioner.

The State of Washington prohibits labor unions from using the agency-shop fees of a nonmember for election-related purposes unless the nonmember affirmatively consents. We decide whether this restriction, as applied to public-sector labor unions, violates the First Amendment.

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