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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. BELL OIL & GAS CO.

No. 8712.

98 F.2d 870 (1938)

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. BELL OIL & GAS CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 13, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Fahy, Gen. Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, Robert B. Watts, Associate Gen. Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, and David McCalmont, Jr., National Labor Relations Board, all of Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

C. J. Brannan and O. R. Tipps, both of Wichita Falls, Tex., for respondent.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

We held in this case that the rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law and equity were not abolished by the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 151 et seq. We adhere to this ruling, notwithstanding the provision that, in proceedings before the Board, such rules shall not be controlling. The Board is not a court, though it is quasi-judicial in character. It is a fact-finding tribunal with inquisitorial powers in labor controversies...

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