Government & Civic Employees Organizing Committee v. Windsor

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1957-05-13

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Per Curiam. In 1953, the Alabama Legislature enacted a statute (Ala. Laws 1953, No. 720) which provides that any public employee who joins or participates in a “labor union or labor organization” forfeits the “rights, benefits, or privileges which he enjoys as a result of his public employment.” Section 1 defines a “labor union or labor organization” to include an organization o…

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