We filed an amicus curiae brief for The Center for Judicial Studies and Gun Owners Foundation in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in this Second Amendment case.
Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Raymond J. Donovan, et al.
Representing Public Service Research Council, this brief urges the Supreme Court to uphold regulations issued by the Reagan administration properly implementing the Davis-Bacon Act.
Howard Ellis, et al. v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, et al.
Representing Congressman Dickinson, this brief successfully urged the Supreme Court to grant certiorari to resolve the distinction between permissible and impermissible uses by unions of agency fees paid by those working men and woman who choose not to join unions but who are required to pay those fees under law.
Judge Norma Holloway Johnson’s Memorandum Opinion in Legal Services Corporation v. Dana, et al.
On December 31, 1981, President Reagan used his recess appointment power to appoint Bill Olson as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, as well as appointing a full slate of new directors. Shortly thereafter, Bill and the other Reagan appointees were sued by the Carter-appointed members of the Board of Directors. (The Complaint appears here.)
Among the plaintiffs
Jackson Transit Authority and The City of Jackson, Tennessee v. Local Division 1285, Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO-CLC
This brief represents Public Service Research Council regarding whether Congress, in enacting the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, created a federal private right of action for employees of a municipally owned transit system for an alleged breach of a local collective bargaining agreement.
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, et al. v. United States of America
Representing Public Service Research Council, this brief urges the Supreme Court to uphold President Reagan’s firing of air traffic controllers engaged in illegal strike activity.
National Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults, et al. v. USPS
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia gave us a victory in our challenge to Postal Service pricing which discriminated against nonprofit mailers.