Abood v. Detroit Board of Education
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Abood v. Detroit Board of Education was a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of mandatory public-sector union agency fees from nonmembers under the First Amendment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abood v. Detroit Board of Education canonical | 2 |
| Abood et al. v. Detroit Board of Education et al. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8753221 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abood v. Detroit Board of Education Context triple: [Janus v. AFSCME, overruledCase, Abood v. Detroit Board of Education]
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A.
Board of Education v. Pico
Board of Education v. Pico is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case in which a divided Court held that public school boards may not remove books from school libraries simply because they dislike the ideas contained in them, recognizing students’ limited First Amendment right to receive information.
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B.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited student First Amendment rights by allowing public school officials greater authority to regulate school-sponsored student speech, such as in school newspapers.
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Pickering v. Board of Education
Pickering v. Board of Education is a landmark 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case that established First Amendment protections for public employees speaking as private citizens on matters of public concern.
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D.
Board of Education of School District U-46
The Board of Education of School District U-46 is the elected policymaking body that oversees and sets educational, financial, and administrative direction for Elgin Area School District U-46 in Illinois.
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E.
Plyler v. Doe
Plyler v. Doe is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states cannot deny free public education to children based on their immigration status, recognizing such exclusion as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abood v. Detroit Board of Education Target entity description: Abood v. Detroit Board of Education was a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of mandatory public-sector union agency fees from nonmembers under the First Amendment.
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A.
Board of Education v. Pico
Board of Education v. Pico is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case in which a divided Court held that public school boards may not remove books from school libraries simply because they dislike the ideas contained in them, recognizing students’ limited First Amendment right to receive information.
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B.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court case that limited student First Amendment rights by allowing public school officials greater authority to regulate school-sponsored student speech, such as in school newspapers.
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C.
Pickering v. Board of Education
Pickering v. Board of Education is a landmark 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case that established First Amendment protections for public employees speaking as private citizens on matters of public concern.
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D.
Board of Education of School District U-46
The Board of Education of School District U-46 is the elected policymaking body that oversees and sets educational, financial, and administrative direction for Elgin Area School District U-46 in Illinois.
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E.
Plyler v. Doe
Plyler v. Doe is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states cannot deny free public education to children based on their immigration status, recognizing such exclusion as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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labor law case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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public-sector labor law ⓘ union security agreements ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1976-11-09 ⓘ |
| citation | 431 U.S. 209 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
John Paul Stevens
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Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | U.S. Constitution, First Amendment ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1977-05-23 ⓘ |
| decisionType | opinion of the Court ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 75-1153 ⓘ |
| employmentContext | public school teachers ⓘ |
| firstPage | 209 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Abood et al. v. Detroit Board of Education et al.
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linked to:
Abood v. Detroit Board of Education
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| geographicalContext |
Detroit, Michigan
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linked to:
Detroit
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| holding |
The First Amendment permits a public employer and a union to require nonunion employees to pay agency fees for collective-bargaining, contract-administration, and grievance-adjustment purposes.
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The First Amendment prohibits compelling nonunion employees to fund a union’s political or ideological activities unrelated to collective bargaining. ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Byron R. White
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Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| legalIssue |
First Amendment freedom of association
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First Amendment freedom of speech ⓘ constitutionality of agency shop arrangements in the public sector ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Potter Stewart ⓘ |
| overruledBy |
Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31
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linked to:
Janus v. AFSCME
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| overruledByCitation |
Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, 585 U.S. ___ (2018)
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linked to:
Janus v. AFSCME
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| parties |
D. Louis Abood and other public school teachers
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Detroit Board of Education ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit Public Schools Community District
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| precedentFor | constitutionality of public-sector agency shop arrangements prior to 2018 ⓘ |
| rearguedDate | 1977-03-30 ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
International Association of Machinists v. Street
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Railway Employes’ Dept. v. Hanson ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| result | Judgment of the Michigan courts affirmed in part and reversed in part ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | mandatory agency fees for nonunion public employees ⓘ |
| subsequentTreatment |
criticized in Harris v. Quinn
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criticized in Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 ⓘ |
| volume | 431 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1977 ⓘ |
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Abood v. Detroit Board of Education
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fullName
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Abood et al. v. Detroit Board of Education et al.
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linked to: Abood v. Detroit Board of Education