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	TBD	TBD	TBD	OT 2017

Issue: Whether Abood v. Detroit Board of Education should be overruled and public-sector “agency shop” arrangements invalidated under the First Amendment.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

• Symposium: Agency fees benefit the workplace -- just ask the states (Xavier Becerra and Aimee Feinberg)
• Symposium: Evidence shows unions will survive without agency fees (Patrick Wright)
• Symposium: The free speech right of public employees not to pay union dues (Terry Pell)
• Symposium: Not just a workers’ rights case (Emily Martin)
• Court releases February calendar (Amy Howe)
• Symposium: The importance of respecting precedent (Michael Kimberly)
• Symposium: Hijacked riders, not free riders (Andree Blumstein)
• Symposium: A ruling for plaintiffs would revive Lochner (Catherine Fisk)
• Symposium: Overrule Abood to protect individual rights (at long last) (Deborah La Fetra)
• For the third time, justices take on union-fee issue: In Plain English (Amy Howe)
• Justices issue orders from "long conference" (UPDATED) (Amy Howe)
• Will the third time be the charm for challenge to public-sector union fees? (Amy Howe)

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Jun 06 2017	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 10, 2017)
Jun 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.
Jun 21 2017	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner.
Jun 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.
Jul 03 2017	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 11, 2017, for all respondents.
Jul 07 2017	Brief amicus curiae of the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions filed.
Jul 07 2017	Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
Jul 10 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Debora Nearman filed.
Jul 10 2017	Brief amici curiae of Rebecca Friedrichs, et al. filed.
Jul 10 2017	Brief amicus curiae of The Competitive Enterprise Institute filed.
Jul 10 2017	Brief amici curiae of the Cato Institute, et al. filed.
Jul 10 2017	Brief amici curiae of Michigan and Eighteen other States filed.
Jul 10 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
Jul 10 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
Jul 10 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed.
Aug 10 2017	Brief of respondents Lisa Madigan and Michael Hoffman in opposition filed.
Aug 11 2017	Brief of respondent American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 in opposition filed.
Aug 29 2017	Reply of petitioner Mark Janus filed.
Aug 30 2017	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/25/2017.
Sep 28 2017	Petition GRANTED.
Oct 24 2017	Blanket Consent filed by Respondents, Lisa Madigan and Michael Hoffman.
Nov 02 2017	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31
Nov 03 2017	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Mark Janus.
Nov 08 2017	The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including November 29, 2017.
Nov 08 2017	The time to file respondents' briefs on the merits is extended to and including January 12, 2018.
Nov 14 2017	Brief amicus curiae of James Madison Center for Free Speech, Inc. filed.
Nov 15 2017	Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
Nov 29 2017	Brief of petitioner Mark Janus filed.
Nov 29 2017	Joint appendix filed.
Dec 01 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
Dec 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.
Dec 05 2017	Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Dec 05 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amici curiae of Gregory J. Hartnett, Elizabeth M. Galaska, Robert G. Brough, Jr., John M. Cress filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amici curiae of Charles Fried and Robert C. Post in support of neither party filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amicus curiae of California Public-school Teachers filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amici curiae of Jane Ladley and Christopher Meier filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law & Justice filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amicus curiae of James Madison Institute filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amici curiae of The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions and Southeastern Legal Foundation filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Corporate Law Professors in support of neither party filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amicus curiae of Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amici curiae of Certified Public Accountants in support of neither party filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amici curiae of The Center on National Labor Policy, Inc. & Ben Johnson filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amici curiae of Jason R. Barclay and James S. Montana, Jr. filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amici curiae of Rebecca Friedrichs, et al. filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amici curiae of Freedom Foundation and Economists filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amici curiae of Employees of the State of Minnesota Court System filed.
Dec 06 2017	Brief amicus curiae of 1851 Center for Constitutional Law filed.
Dec 20 2017	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, February 26, 2018