Machinists v. Street

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Machinists v. Street
ArgueDate=April 21
ArgueYear=1960
ReargueDateA=January 17
ReargueDateB=18
ReargueYear=1961
DecideDate=June 19
DecideYear=1961
FullName=International Association of Machinists, et al. v. Street, et al.
USVol=367
USPage=740
Citation=81 S.Ct. 1784; 6 L.Ed.2d 1141
Prior=Appeal from the Supreme Court of Georgia
Subsequent=
Holding=A union may constitutionally compel contributions from dissenting nonmembers in an agency shop only for the costs of performing the union's statutory duties as exclusive bargaining agent.
SCOTUS=1958-1962
Majority=Brennan
JoinMajority=Warren, Clark, Stewart
Concurrence=Douglas
Concurrence/Dissent=Whittaker
Dissent=Black
Dissent2=Frankfurter
JoinDissent2=Harlan
LawsApplied=

"Machinists v. Street", 367 U.S. 740 (1961), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that “a union may constitutionally compel contributions from dissenting nonmembers in an agency shop only for the costs of performing the union's statutory duties as exclusive bargaining agent.”

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 367

Further reading

*Cite journal |last=Cordish |first=D. S. |author-link= |year=1962 |title=Interpretation of Statutes to Avoid Constitutional Questions re Labor Union Political Contributions |journal=Maryland Law Review |volume=22 |issue= |pages=348 |url= |issn=00254282 |doi=
*Cite journal |last=Wellington |first=Harry H. |author-link= |year=1961 |title="Machinists v. Street": Statutory Interpretation and the Avoidance of Constitutional Issues |journal=Supreme Court Review |volume=1961 |issue= |pages=49–73 |url= |issn= |doi=10.2307/3108714