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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 41-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 41-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 7-17","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 7-17"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 31-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 31-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 39-41","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 39-41"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 47-1","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 47-1"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 33-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 33-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 23-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 23-23"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 37-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 37-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 21-29","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 21-29"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 33-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 33-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 5-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 5-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 9-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 9-15"}]}],"slug":"2013-12-99-unite-here-local-355-v-mulhall","term":"2013","title":"Does a union payment for employee data violate labor law?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 16, lines 51-19","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 16, lines 51-19"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 26, lines 27-49","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 26, lines 27-49"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2013/12-99_l6h2.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-39"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}