United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Mary Jarvis [and 9 others], plaintiffs-appellants, v. Governor Andrew D. Cuomo, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of New York, Sheila J. Poole, in her official capacity as the Commissioner of the New York Office of Children and Family Services, Civil Service Employees Association, Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, defendants-appellees : on appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York : brief for Defendants-Appellees Governor Andrew D. Cuomo and Sheila J. Poole /

The question presented is whether a New York labor law providing for a union as exclusive representative of home-based child care providers violates the freedom of association of those providers.