"Teachers Seek Return of Union Fees in Wake of SCOTUS ‘Janus’ Decision"

Link to article:

https://www.law.com/therecorder/2018/07/03/california-teachers-seek-return-of-union-fees-in-wake-of-scotus-janus-decision/?slreturn=20180609180102

From the article:

“Seven California teachers have filed a class action to claw back union fees that were collected, they claim, in violation of their constitutional rights.


The suit, filed on Monday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, is among the first filed since the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 27 decision in Janus v. AFSCME. In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down fees used to cover collective bargaining costs after finding they unconstitutionally violated the First Amendment rights of the plaintiffs, nonunion members who disagreed with the union’s political views.


“The lawsuit we filed is a refund of the fees that were illegally extracted,” said John Bursch of Bursch Law in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who along with the Clark Hill law firm filed the class action on behalf of California’s public school teachers. He said 20 other lawsuits across the country seek similar refunds—although some of those cases predate the Janus decision.”