Teachers ask Supreme Court to rehear union case that tied 4-4
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Lawyers for a group of California teachers have filed a long-shot request for the Supreme Court to hold new arguments in a major labor union case that ended last week in a 4-4 tie.
The teachers said in their petition Friday that the court should rehear arguments once a new justice is confirmed.
The tie vote was a victory for unions in a case they once seemed all but certain to lose before Justice Antonin Scalia's death in February. The deadlock left in place a four-decade-old practice that allows public-sector unions to collect fees from members and non-members alike to cover collective bargaining costs.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The teachers claim the fees infringe their free speech rights.
The court almost never rehears cases. It would take five justices to agree to a rehearing.