Abood v. Detroit Board of Education

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Abood v. Detroit Board of Education was a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of mandatory public-sector union agency fees from nonmembers under the First Amendment.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
labor law case
areaOfLaw constitutional law
public-sector labor law
union security agreements
arguedDate 1976-11-09
citation 431 U.S. 209
concurrenceBy John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED
Lewis F. Powell Jr. NERFINISHED
William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted U.S. Constitution, First Amendment NERFINISHED
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 1977-05-23
decisionType opinion of the Court
docketNumber 75-1153
employmentContext public school teachers
firstPage 209
fullName Abood et al. v. Detroit Board of Education et al. NERFINISHED
geographicalContext Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED
holding The First Amendment permits a public employer and a union to require nonunion employees to pay agency fees for collective-bargaining, contract-administration, and grievance-adjustment purposes. NERFINISHED
The First Amendment prohibits compelling nonunion employees to fund a union’s political or ideological activities unrelated to collective bargaining.
joinedByInMajority Byron R. White NERFINISHED
Harry A. Blackmun NERFINISHED
Lewis F. Powell Jr. NERFINISHED
Thurgood Marshall NERFINISHED
Warren E. Burger NERFINISHED
William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED
William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED
jurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
legalIssue First Amendment freedom of association
First Amendment freedom of speech NERFINISHED
constitutionality of agency shop arrangements in the public sector
majorityOpinionBy Potter Stewart NERFINISHED
overruledBy Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 NERFINISHED
overruledByCitation Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, 585 U.S. ___ (2018) NERFINISHED
parties D. Louis Abood and other public school teachers
Detroit Board of Education NERFINISHED
precedentFor constitutionality of public-sector agency shop arrangements prior to 2018
rearguedDate 1977-03-30
relatedCase International Association of Machinists v. Street NERFINISHED
Railway Employes’ Dept. v. Hanson NERFINISHED
reporter United States Reports
result Judgment of the Michigan courts affirmed in part and reversed in part
subjectMatter mandatory agency fees for nonunion public employees
subsequentTreatment criticized in Harris v. Quinn
criticized in Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000
volume 431
yearDecided 1977

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Janus v. AFSCME overruledCase Abood v. Detroit Board of Education