{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"missouri-office-of-administration-et-al","displayName":"Missouri Office of Administration, et al.","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd84917:2022-12-06","opinionId":"3544b5e0-311c-5b32-b404-4cea70fe44ef","slug":"missouri-corrections-officers-association-inc-et-al-v-missouri-office-of-d84917","caseName":"Missouri Corrections Officers Association, Inc., et al.\nvs. \nMissouri Office of Administration, et al.","caseNumber":"WD84917","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2022-12-06","year":2022,"display_summary":"The Missouri Corrections Officers Association (MOCOA) challenged the Office of Administration's (OA) decisions to suspend and deny payroll deductions for MOCOA dues, and also challenged new administrative rules. The trial court found OA's actions unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and declared the rules unconstitutional for violating MOCOA's rights to organize and bargain collectively, free speech, association, and equal protection. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's judgment, agreeing that the rules impermissibly discriminated against employee associations that collectively bargain and that OA's actions were arbitrary and capricious.","primaryTopic":"employment-law","topicSlugs":["employment-law","administrative-law","civil-procedure","standard-of-review","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=190955","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/missouri-corrections-officers-association-inc-et-al-v-missouri-office-of-d84917","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"employment","label":"Employment Law","href":"/practice-areas/employment","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: employment","topic: employment-law"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/employment"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}