A federal judge said a union and some of its members may have a First Amendment claim against New York state for an alleged violation of their right of free association.
Northern District Judge Frederick Scullin Jr. denied summary judgment to the state in Donohue v. Madison, 1:13-cv-918. He found members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) may be able to prove a viable constitutional violation based on the argument that CSEA employees, while members of a protected class, were nevertheless targeted by the New York State Thruway Authority in a round of about 200 layoffs in the early 2010s.
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