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SOUTHERN S.S. CO. v. LABOR BOARD

No. 320.

316 U.S. 31 (1942)

SOUTHERN STEAMSHIP CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph W. Henderson, with whom Messrs. Randolph W. Childs and George M. Brodhead, Jr. were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Robert B. Watts, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Messrs. Robert L. Stern, Ernest A. Gross, and Morris P. Glushien, and Miss Ruth Weyand were on the brief, for the National Labor Relations Board; and Mr. William L. Standard for the National Maritime Union, respondents.

Messrs. John J. Burns, Francis S. Walker, and William G. Symmers filed a brief on behalf of the American Merchant Marine Institute, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging reversal in part.

MR. JUSTICE BYRNES delivered the opinion of the Court.

Upon the petition of a union not a party to the present suit, the National Labor Relations Board ordered an election among petitioner's unlicensed employees to determine their collective bargaining representative. The elections were held on board seven of petitioner's vessels during October, 1937. In the case of the election on board the S.S. City of Houston, the labor organizations involved objected to...

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