Chamber of Commerce v. Brown, 554 U.S. 60, 128 S. Ct. 2408 (2008)
Assembly Bill 1889, enacted in 2000, prohibited private employers that receive state funds – whether by reimbursement, grant, contract, use of state property or pursuant to a state program – from using such funds to “assist, promote, or deter union organizing.” Violators were to be liable to the state for the