Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges v. Knight et al.

Decided February 21, 1984. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-898 · 465 U.S. 271 (1984) · Cited 489 times

Holding

The "meet and confer" provisions do not violate appellees' constitutional rights.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Healy v. James · 408 U.S. 169 (1972)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY · 385 U.S. 589 (1967)
• Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees, Local 1315 · 441 U.S. 463 (1979)
• Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n · 460 U.S. 37 (1983)
• Bi-Metallic Investment Co. v. State Board of Equalization · 239 U.S. 441 (1915)
• City of Madison Joint School District No. 8 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission · 429 U.S. 167 (1976)
• Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. Wyman · 354 U.S. 234 (1957)
• Widmar v. Vincent · 454 U.S. 263 (1981)
• Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Comm. (Ohio) · 459 U.S. 87 (1982)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Elrod v. Burns · 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad · 420 U.S. 546 (1975)
• Wooley v. Maynard · 430 U.S. 705 (1977)
• Epperson v. Arkansas · 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• Bates v. City of Little Rock · 361 U.S. 516 (1960)
• Kusper v. Pontikes · 414 U.S. 51 (1973)
• In Re Primus · 436 U.S. 412 (1978)
• Cousins v. Wigoda · 419 U.S. 477 (1975)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty. · 391 U.S. 563 (1968)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Lance v. Dennis · 546 U.S. 459 (2006)
• United States v. Kokinda · 497 U.S. 720 (1990)

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