Timeline of Uradnik v. IFO
Uradnik v. IFO | Facts of the Case
June 16, 2021
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirms the district court decision.
March 16, 2021
Oral arguments in Uradnik v. IFO are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
February 18, 2020
The Buckeye Institute files an appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
December 10, 2019
The Buckeye Institute files a motion for the trial court to reconsider its decision to correct its misunderstanding of Professor Uradnik’s First Amendment discrimination claim.
December 5, 2019
Judge Paul A. Magnuson grants the defendants’ motion for summary judgment.
April 29, 2019
Cert was denied on the preliminary injunction. Uradnik v. IFO is returned to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota where it will be argued on the merits.
April 10, 2019
The Buckeye Institute files its reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court.
February 25, 2019
Five additional nationally renowned policy groups file amicus briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Uradnik v. IFO, bringing the total to 26 groups calling on the court to hear the case.
- Cato Institute, with Connecticut’s Yankee Institute joining the brief
- Freedom Foundation
- Goldwater Institute
- Pacific Legal Foundation
- Press Release
January 25, 2019
The United States Supreme Court requests a response from the defendants in the case—the Inter Faculty Organization, St. Cloud State University, and the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
January 3, 2019
Twenty-one nationally renowned policy groups file amicus briefs urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Uradnik v. IFO.
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- National Association of Scholars
- National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
- A coalition of 18 policy organizations led by the Center of the American Experiment
- Press Release
December 4, 2018
The Buckeye Institute files its petition for certiorari in Uradnik v. IFO with the United States Supreme Court, making it the first significant First Amendment labor-law challenge to reach the Supreme Court since the landmark June 27, 2018 decision in Janus v. AFSCME.
December 3, 2018
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit grants The Buckeye Institute’s request to affirm the district court decision in light of an earlier decision by the Eighth Circuit.
September 27, 2018
Judge Paul A. Magnuson denies The Buckeye Institute’s request for preliminary injunction allowing Uradnik v. IFO to be appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Buckeye immediately files its notice of appeal and requests that the court affirm the district court decision in light of an earlier decision by the Circuit.
September 20, 2018
Judge Paul A. Magnuson, with the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, hears arguments on The Buckeye Institute’s request for preliminary injunction.
July 31, 2018
The Buckeye Institute files a request for preliminary injunction in Uradnik v. IFO with the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, asking the court to block a state law that compels public employees to accept a union’s exclusive representation.
July 6, 2018
The Buckeye Institute files Uradnik v. Inter Faculty Organization in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota challenging laws that force public-sector employees to accept a union’s exclusive representation.