Amicus Curiae Brief — Mark Janus, Petitioner v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al.

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APPENDIX

Pending Cases Seeking Refunds of Agency

Fees or Union Dues Paid by Public-Sector

Employees

Class-action lawsuits on behalf of public employees to recover both union dues and agency fees

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Pellegrino v. N.Y. State United Teachers, No.

2:18-cv-3439 (E.D.N.Y. filed June 13, 2018)

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Smith v. N.J. Educ. Ass’n, Nos. 18-10381, 1815628, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2019 WL 6337991

(D.N.J. Nov. 27, 2019) (dismissing claim for

dues refunds based on lack of First Amendment violation and claim for agency-fee refunds based on good-faith defense), appeal

docketed sub nom. Fischer v. Gov. of N.J., No.

19-3914 (3d Cir. Dec. 18, 2019)

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LaSpina v. SEIU Penn. State Council, No.

3:18-2018, 2019 WL 4750423 (M.D. Pa. Sept.

30, 2019) (dismissing on other grounds but

noting good-faith defense would apply), appeal docketed, No. 19-3484 (3d Cir. Nov. 4,

2019)

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Littler v. Ohio Ass’n of Public Sch. Emps., No.

2:18-cv-1745 (S.D. Ohio filed Dec. 19, 2018)

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Hoekman v. Educ. Minn., No. 18-cv-1686 (D.

Minn. filed June 18, 2018)

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Prokes v. AFSCME Council No. 5, No. 0:18-cv2384 (D. Minn. filed Aug. 14, 2018)

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Crockett v. NEA-Alaska, 367 F. Supp. 3d 996

(D. Alaska 2019) (dismissing claims based on

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good-faith defense), appeal docketed sub nom.

McCollum v. NEA-Alaska, No. 19-35299 (9th

Cir. Apr. 12, 2019)

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Aliser v. SEIU Cal., 419 F. Supp. 3d 1161 (N.D.

Cal. 2019) (partially granting motion to dismiss, including dismissal of refund claim

based on good-faith defense)

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Bermudez v. SEIU Local 521, No. 18-cv04312-VC, 2019 WL 1615414 (N.D. Cal. Apr.

16, 2019) (partially granting motion for summary judgment against plaintiffs, including

judgment on refund claim based on good-faith

defense)

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Cooley v. Cal. Statewide Law Enforcement

Ass’n, 385 F. Supp. 3d 1077 (E.D. Cal. 2019)

(dismissing claims based on lack of First

Amendment violation and good-faith defense), appeal docketed, No. 19-16498 (9th Cir.

July 31, 2019)

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Hernandez v. AFSCME Cal., 386 F. Supp. 3d

1300 (E.D. Cal. 2019) (dismissing claims

based on good-faith defense), appeal docketed,

No. 20-15076 (9th Cir. Jan. 16, 2020)

Belgau v. Inslee, 359 F. Supp. 3d 1000 (W.D.

Wash. 2019) (holding Janus had no “retroactive” effect and finding no First Amendment

violation), appeal docketed, No. 19-35137 (9th

Cir. Feb. 20, 2019)

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Class-action lawsuits on behalf of public employees to recover agency fees only

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Doughty v. State Emp.’s Ass’n of N.H., No. 19cv-53 (D.N.H. May 30, 2019) (judgment without written opinion), appeal docketed, No.

19-1636 (1st Cir. June 21, 2019)

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Wholean v. CSEA SEIU Local 2001, No. 3:18cv-1008, 2019 WL 1873021 (D. Conn. Apr. 26,

2019) (dismissing refund claim based on goodfaith defense), appeal docketed, No. 19-1563

(2d Cir. May 24, 2019)

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Solomon v. AFSCME Dist. Council 37, No.

2:19-cv-06823-GBD (S.D.N.Y. filed July 23,

2019)

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Seidemann v. Prof ’l Staff Congress, Local

2334, No. 18 Civ. 9778, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2020

WL 127583 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 10, 2020) (dismissing refund claim based on good-faith defense),

appeal docketed, No. 20-460 (2d Cir. Feb. 5,

2020)

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Diamond v. Penn. State Educ. Ass’n, 399

F. Supp. 3d 361 (W.D. Pa. 2019) (dismissing

claims based on good-faith defense), appeal

docketed, No. 19-2812 (3d Cir. Aug. 13, 2019)

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Wenzig v. SEIU Local 668, No. 1:19-1367, 2019

WL 6715741 (M.D. Pa. Dec. 10, 2019) (dismissing refund claims based on good-faith defense), appeal docked, No. 19-3906 (3d Cir.

Dec. 18, 2019)

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Schazsberger v. AFSCME Council 13, No.

3:19-cv-01922 (M.D. Pa. filed Nov. 7, 2019)

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Akers v. Md. State Educ. Ass’n, 376 F. Supp. 3d

563 (D. Md. 2019) (dismissing refund claim

based on good-faith defense), appeal docketed,

No. 19-1524 (4th Cir. May 16, 2019)

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Mattos v. AFSCME Council 3, No. 1:19-cv02539-GLR (D. Md. Filed Sept. 3, 2019)

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Lee v. Ohio Educ. Ass’n, 951 F.3d 386 (6th Cir.

2020) (affirming dismissal of refund claim

based on good-faith defense)

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Ogle v. Ohio Civil Serv. Emps. Ass’n, 951 F.3d

794 (6th Cir. 2020) (affirming dismissal of refund claim based on good-faith defense)

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Casanova v. Int’l Ass’n of Machinists, Local

701, No. 1:19-cv-00428 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 11,

2019) (minute entry granting motion to dismiss), aff ’d No. 19-2987 (7th Cir. Feb. 11,

2020) (summary affirmance)

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Leitch v. AFSCME Council 31, No. 1:19-cv02921 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 30, 2020) (minute entry

granting motion to dismiss), appeal docketed,

No. 20-1379 (7th Cir. Mar. 5, 2020)

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Mooney v. Ill. Educ. Ass’n, 942 F.3d 368 (7th

Cir. 2019) (affirming dismissal of refund

claims based on good-faith defense), petition

for cert. filed, No. 19-1126 (U.S. Mar. 13, 2020)

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Ocol v. Chi. Teachers Union, No. 18 C 8038,

2020 WL 1467404 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 26, 2020)

(granting summary judgment against plaintiff, including refund claim)

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Allen v. Santa Clara Cnty. Corr. Peace Officers

Ass’n, 400 F. Supp. 3d 998 (E.D. Cal. 2019)

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(dismissing refund claims based on good-faith

defense), appeal docketed, No. 19-17217 (9th

Cir. Nov. 1, 2019)

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Babb v. Cal. Teachers Ass’n, 378 F. Supp. 3d

857 (C.D. Cal. 2019) (dismissing refund claims

based on good-faith defense), appeal docketed,

No. 19-55692 (9th Cir. June 18, 2019)

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Brice v. Cal. Faculty Ass’n, No. 2:19-cv-04095LJS-DFM (C.D. Cal. Sept. 10, 2019) (minute

order dismissing claims), appeal docketed, No.

19-56164 (9th Cir. Oct. 3, 2019)

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Hamidi v. SEIU Local 1000, No. 2:14-cv00319, 2019 WL 5536324 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 25,

2019) (granting summary judgment for defendants based on good-faith defense), appeal

docketed, No. 19-17442 (9th Cir. Dec. 4, 2019)

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Hough v. SEIU Local 521, No. 18-cv-04902VC, 2019 WL 1785414 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 16,

2019) (granting summary judgment against

plaintiff based on good-faith defense), appeal

docketed, No. 19-15792 (9th Cir. Apr. 18, 2019)

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Penning v. SEIU Local 1021, No. 4:19-cv03624, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2020 WL 256126

(N.D. Cal. Jan. 16, 2020) (dismissing claim

based on good-faith defense), appeal docketed,

No. 20-15226 (9th Cir. Feb. 13, 2020)

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Wilford v. Nat’l Educ. Ass’n of the U.S., No.

8:18-cv-1169-JLS-DFM, dismissed with other

cases sub nom. Babb v. Cal. Teachers Ass’n,

378 F. Supp. 3d 857 (C.D. Cal. 2019) (dismissing refund claims based on good-faith

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defense), appeal docketed, No. 19-55712 (9th

Cir. June 20, 2019)

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Chambers v. AFSCME Local 3336, No. 3:18cv-01685, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2020 WL 1527904

(D. Or. Mar. 31, 2020) (granting summary

judgment for defendants based on good-faith

defense)

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Carey v. Inslee, 364 F. Supp. 3d 1220 (W.D.

Wash. 2019) (dismissing claim based on goodfaith defense), appeal docketed sub nom.

Carey v. Wash. Educ. Ass’n, No. 19-35290 (9th

Cir. Apr. 11, 2019)

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Danielson v. Inslee, 945 F.3d 1096 (9th Cir.

2019) (affirming dismissal of refund claim

based on good-faith defense), petition for cert.

filed, No. 19-1130 (U.S. Mar. 16, 2020)

Class-action lawsuits on behalf of public employees to recover union dues only

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Mendez v. Cal. Teachers Ass’n, 419 F. Supp. 3d

1182 (N.D. Cal. 2020) (dismissing claims for

lack of First Amendment violation), appeal

docketed, No. 20-15394 (9th Cir. Mar. 6, 2020)

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Martin v. Cal. Teachers Ass’n, dismissed with

other cases sub nom. Babb v. Cal. Teachers

Ass’n, 378 F. Supp. 3d 857 (C.D. Cal. 2019)

(dismissing claim based on lack of Frist

Amendment violation and good-faith defense), appeal docketed, No. 19-55761 (9th Cir.

July 3, 2019)

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Anderson v. SEIU Local 503, 400 F. Supp. 3d

1113 (D. Or. 2019) (dismissing claims for lack

of First Amendment violation), appeal docketed, No. 19-35871 (9th Cir. Oct. 16, 2019)

Lawsuit on behalf of individual public employees to recover agency fees and union dues

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Campos v. Fresno Deputy Sheriff ’s Ass’n, No.

1:18-CV-1660, 2020 WL 949915 (E.D. Cal. Feb.

27, 2020) (dismissing claims for lack of First

Amendment violation)

Lawsuits on behalf of individual public employees to recover agency fees

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Lamberty v. Conn. State Police Union, No.

3:15-cv-378, 2018 WL 5115559 (D. Conn. Oct.

19, 2018) (dismissing claims as moot), appeal

docketed, No. 19-3210 (2d Cir. Oct. 4, 2019)

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Cook v. Brown, 364 F. Supp. 3d 1184 (D. Or.

2019) (granting judgment for union based on

good-faith defense), appeal docketed, No. 1935191 (9th Cir. Mar. 11, 2019)

Lawsuits on behalf of individual public employees to recover union dues

• Loescher v. Minn. Teamsters Public & Law Enforcement Emps.’ Union, Local No. 320, No. 19cv-1333, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2020 WL 912785 (D.

Minn. Feb. 26, 2020) (dismissing refund claim

for lack of First Amendment violation), appeal

docketed, No. 20-1540 (8th Cir. Mar. 16, 2020)

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• Cruz v. Union Independiente Autentica de Empleados de la Austoridad de Acudeductos y Alcantarillados, No. 3:17-cv-02261 (D.P.R. filed

Oct. 26, 2017)

• Adams v. Teamsters Local Union 429, No. 1:19cv-336, 2020 WL 1531019 (M.D. Pa. Mar. 31,

2020) (dismissing refund claim based on goodfaith defense)

• Bennett v. AFSCME Council 31, No. 4:19-cv04087-SLD-JEH, slip op. (C.D. Ill. Mar. 31,

2020) (granting defendants summary judgment for lack of First Amendment violation)

• Mandel v. SEIU Local 73, No. 1:18-cv-08385

(N.D. Ill. filed Dec. 21, 2018)

• O’Callaghan v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal., No.

CV 19-2289, 2019 WL 6330686 (C.D. Cal. Sept.

30, 2019) (dismissing claim for dues refund for

lack of First Amendment violation and claim

for agency-fee refund based on good-faith defense), appeal docketed, No. 19-56271 (9th Cir.

Nov. 1, 2019)

• Smith v. Teamsters Local 2010, No. CV 1900771-PA, 2019 WL 6647935 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 3,

2019) (dismissing claims for lack of state action

and lack of First Amendment violation), appeal

docketed, No. 19-56503 (9th Cir. Dec. 26, 2019)

• Wolf v. Univ. Prof ’l & Tech. Emps., Comms.

Workers of Am. Local 9119, No. 3:19-cv-02881WHA (N.D. Cal. filed May 24, 2019)

• Grossman v. Haw. Gov’t Emps. Ass’n, No. 18-cv00493-DKW-RT, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2020 WL

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515816 (D. Haw. Jan. 31, 2020) (granting summary judgment for defendants based on goodfaith defense), appeal docketed, No. 20-15356

(9th Cir. Mar. 3, 2020)

• Hendrickson v. AFSCME Council 18, No. CIV

18-1119, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2020 WL 365041

(D.N.M. Jan. 22, 2020) (granting summary

judgment for defendants based on lack of First

Amendment violation and good-faith defense),

appeal docketed, No. 20-2018 (10th Cir. Feb. 21,

2020)

• Few v. United Teachers L.A., No. 2:18-cv-09531JLS-DFM, 2020 WL 633598 (C.D. Cal. Feb. 10,

2020) (granting summary judgment for defendants based on lack of First Amendment violation and good-faith defense), appeal docketed,

No. 20-55338 (9th Cir. Mar. 30, 2020)