A federal judge in Camden has dismissed two class action lawsuits brought on behalf of public school teachers who called some aspects of the collection of union dues unconstitutional in the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

In the pair of lawsuits brought against New Jersey teachers’ unions after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, the plaintiffs sought a refund of union fees charged to nonmembers before the landmark June 2018 ruling, and claimed the right to withdraw from a dues collection agreement at any time.