Miller v. Inslee

Plaintiff, a Washington State childcare provider, filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action alleging that Washington's authorization for the Service Employees International Union Local 925 (SEIU) to act as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for Washington's publicly subsidized childcare providers violated plaintiff's First Amendment rights.The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment for the state, holding that the SEIU's authorized position as the childcare providers' exclusive representative is constitutionally permissible. The court held that Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges v. Knight, 465 U.S. 271 (1984), was the most appropriate guide in this case. Even if the panel assumed that Knight was not applicable, the panel would reach the same result. View "Miller v. Inslee" on Justia Law