Case Status: Dismissed. Dismissal affirmed by an equally divided Supreme Court.
Friedrichs v. CTA: Chronology
June 27, 2018VICTORY: SUPREME COURT ENDS COMPELLED UNION DUESToday, the Supreme Court ended compelled union dues and restored First Amendment rights to thousands of public employees across the country.SUPREME COURT DENIES FRIEDRICHS…
Case Status: Dismissed. Dismissal affirmed by an equally divided Supreme Court.
Friedrichs v. CTA: Who are the lawyers?
Lead Counsel Michael Carvin Michael Carvin served as lead counsel of Friedrichs v. CTA. Mr. Carvin is a partner at Jones Day. Carvin is a founding board member of CIR and has worked closely with…
Case Status: Dismissed. Dismissal affirmed by an equally divided Supreme Court.
Friedrichs v. CTA: What Do Unions Say?
Union defenders claim that compulsory dues are necessary to prevent individual employees from obtaining the benefits of union membership without paying for them — called “free riding.” Who is the free rider? The union assumes…
Case Status: Dismissed. Dismissal affirmed by an equally divided Supreme Court.
Friedrichs v. CTA: Why Now?
For years, the Supreme Court has allowed compulsory union dues by treating them as an exception to the guarantee of freedom of association. Generally, the Court has reasoned that compulsory union membership is necessary to…
Case Status: Dismissed. Dismissal affirmed by an equally divided Supreme Court.
Friedrichs v. CTA: Why the Courts?
This lawsuit is about the right of teachers and other public employees to decide for themselves whether to join and support a union. Unfortunately, the courts are the primary institutional roadblock to individual…
Case Status: Dismissed. Dismissal affirmed by an equally divided Supreme Court.
Friedrichs v. CTA: Why Teachers?
Plaintiffs Jelena Figuerora, Karen Cuen, Rebecca Friedrichs CIR is representing ten long-time California teachers who fundamentally disagree with positions taken by the California Teachers Association and would not join or support the union if they…
Case Status: Dismissed. Dismissal affirmed by an equally divided Supreme Court.
Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association et al.
CIR represented ten California teachers and the Christian Educators Association International in a landmark effort to re-establish the right of individual teachers and other public employees to decide for themselves whether to join and support…
Case Status: Loss
Blessing v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc.
CIR filed an amicus brief in Blessing v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc. challenging requirement that lawyers appointed to represent the plaintiff class had to have a gender and racial makeup that “fairly reflects” that of…
Case Status: Case resolved on other grounds
U.S. v. Miller
CIR is representing Kathryn Miller, an Amish woman appealing her conviction for the federal "hate crime" of participating in the forcible cutting of the beards and hair of other Amish for religious reasons. CIR contends…
Case Status: Loss. Supreme Court upheld the ACA under Congress's taxing authority.
Florida v. HHS
CIR filed amicus briefs in case challenging individual mandate portion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, more popularly known as "ObamaCare"...
Case Status: Victory. 5-4 majority struck down racial balancing plan.
Parents Involved v. Seattle School District No. 1
CIR filed amicus brief in a case challenging a race-based school assignment plan...
Case Status: Victory
BAMN v. Brown
CIR filed an amicus brief in a 2012 case challenging California's Prop. 209 on the grounds that a state constitutional amendment barring the use of racial preferences was itself illegal racial discrimination...
Case Status: Loss
Aguilar v. Avis Rent-A-Car
CIR filed an amicus brief contesting court-ordered injunction prohibiting "offensive" epithets in the workplace as unlawful prior restraint of constitutionally protected speech...
Case Status: Victory
Ricci v. DeStefano
CIR filed amicus briefs in case challenging the manipulative jettisoning of hiring tests in order to achieve a certain racial mix of employees...
Case Status: Victory
Davis v. Guam
CIR is representing Guam resident Arnold Davis in a class action lawsuit challenging a race-exclusive plebiscite on the question of whether Guam should seek independence from the United States, statehood, or some other relationship...
Case Status: Loss.
Nix v. Holder
Constitutional challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1964 on behalf of group of Kinston, NC citizens...
Case Status: Victory. The Court held that the trial court’s termination of the father’s rights was clear error.
Department of Human Services re Zoey and Lyric Mays v. Phillips
CIR filed an amicus brief before the Michigan Supreme Court on behalf of Wali Phillips, a Michigan father whose parental rights were terminated without any finding that he was an unfit parent...
Case Status: Successfully closed. The Maryland case was dismissed, the Pennsylvania case was settled, O'Keefe entered into a plea agreement in the New Orleans case, and the California case was settled.
Vera v. O'Keefe
CIR successfully defended James O’Keefe, who was sued in three different states for recording conversations with ACORN officials under state laws that make it illegal to record a conversation without the consent of the other…
Case Status: Vacated and remanded. The case was moot because the child was nearly 18 and had moved, and the appropriate disposition was to vacate the part of the court of appeals' opinion that addressed the Fourth Amendment issue.
Camreta v. Greene
CIR filed an amicus brief supporting the mother of a child who was seized at school without parental consent in a suit against a social worker and county sheriff...
Case Status: Victory. Shortly after filing suit, county officials agreed to settle the case on terms favorable to the Raykins.
Raykin v. Arapahoe County Department of Human Services
CIR sued the Arapahoe County Department of Human Services and several employees when they seized Joshua Raykin and kept him from his family for over a week based on unsubstantiated abuse claims...