Ohio Adjutant Generalâs Department v. Federal Labor Relations Authority (598 U.S. 449)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided May 18, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 598 U.S. 449 · 143 S. Ct. 1193
- Decided
- May 18, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 7–2
- Majority author
- Justice Thomas
- Issue area
- Unions
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2022 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus OHIO ADJUTANT GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT ET AL. v. FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT No. 21–1454. Argued January 9, 2023—Decided May 18, 2023 The Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS) provides for collective bargaining between federal agencies and their employees’ unions; bars each from committing unfair labor practices; and establishes the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to in- vestigate and adjudicate labor disputes. See 5 U. S. C. §7101 et seq. At issue here, the American Federation of Government Employees, Lo- cal 3970, AFL–CIO is the exclusive representative of certain federal civil-service employees known as dual-status technicians who work for the Ohio National Guard. After their prior collective-bargaining agreement (CBA) expired, petitioners here—the Ohio National Guard, the Ohio Adjutant General, and the Ohio…
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