An overview of the public-sector labor lawsuits tracked by Ballotpedia Ballotpedia News – Ballotpedia News

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Since late 2019, Ballotpedia has tracked 160 federal lawsuits related to public-sector labor policy. Today, well look at an overview of these cases. Well also highlight seven Supreme Court decisions that these cases commonly reference.

The majority of these lawsuits ask one or more of the following questions:

The map below shows the cases were tracking by the U.S. district court in which they originated. The three districts with the highest number of cases are the Central District of California (16 cases), the Middle District of Pennsylvania (16 cases), and the District of Oregon (13 cases).

Heres the breakdown by circuit:

And by case status (pending cases are divided by court level, and cases that have been dismissed, settled, or otherwise resolved are counted together):

Finally, this chart shows the cases weve tracked by the year they were filed. The earliest case weve tracked was filed in 2014.

The following Supreme Court decisions are commonly referenced in these types of cases. Heres a quick rundown of each decision, in chronological order:

To view a spreadsheet with information about all of the lawsuits were tracking, click here.

We are currently tracking 110 pieces of legislation dealing with public-sector employee union policy. On the map below, a darker shade of green indicates a greater number of relevant bills. Click here for a complete list of all the bills were tracking.

Below is a complete list of relevant legislative actions taken since our last issue.

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