La CROSSE TEL. CORP. v. WIS. BOARD

No. 38.

336 U.S. 18 (1949)

La CROSSE TELEPHONE CORP. v. WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 17, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Skemp argued the cause for appellant in No. 38. With him on the brief was Quincy H. Hale.

Louis Sherman argued the cause for appellant in No. 39. With him on the brief was Philip R. Collins.

Beatrice Lampert, Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Grover L. Broadfoot, Attorney General, and Stewart G. Honeck, Deputy Attorney General. John E. Martin, then Attorney General, was on a statement opposing jurisdiction.

Solicitor General Perlman, David P. Findling, Ruth Weyand and Mozart G. Ratner filed a brief for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting appellants.

T. McKeen Chidsey, Attorney General, M. Louise Rutherford, Deputy Attorney General, and George L. Reed, Solicitor, Labor Relations Board, filed a brief for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as amicus curiae, in No. 39, urging affirmance.

Donald J. Martin filed a brief for the Communication Workers of America, Division 23, supporting appellees.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases, here on appeal from the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 28 U.S.C. § 344 (a), 43 Stat. 937, 45 Stat. 54, present the question whether a certification of a union by the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board, Wis. Stats. 1947, ch. 111, as the collective bargaining representative of the employees of appellant company, conflicts with the National Labor Relations...

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