Mark Gilmore v. Kate Gallego

Summary

The court held that the City's payment of release time did not compel nonunion employees to subsidize union speech or violate their right-to-work protections because the employees themselves did not pay for the release time. It nevertheless held that the release time provisions violated the Gift Clause because they provided substantial public compensation for union-directed activities without adequate, enforceable, bargained-for consideration. The court vacated the court of appeals' decision, reversed the trial court, and remanded for entry of judgment for the employees on the Gift Clause claim.