INTERNATIONAL LADIES' G. W. U. v. NATIONAL LAB. REL. BD.

Nos. 12511, 12585.

237 F.2d 545 (1956)

INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS' UNION, AFL, Petitioner, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. B.V.D. COMPANY, Inc., Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Bernard Dunau, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Morris P. Glushien, New York City, was on the brief, for petitioner in case No. 12511. Mr. Samuel H. Jaffee, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for petitioner in No. 12511.

Mr. Marcel Mallet-Prevost, Asst. General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, for respondent in case No. 12511, and petitioner in case No. 12585. Mr. Robert G. Johnson, Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, also entered an appearance for respondent in case No. 12511 and petitioner in case No. 12585.

Mr. Henry G. Friedlander, New York City, of the bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Mr. Marshall J. Seidman, Pittsburgh, Pa., was on the brief, for respondent in case No. 12585.

In case No. 12511, Messrs. J. Albert Woll, Arthur J. Goldberg and David E. Feller, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of AFL-CIO, as amicus curiae, urging that the order of the Board be set aside for failure to order reinstatement of certain employees.

In case No. 12511, Mr. Marshall J. Seidman, Pittsburgh, Pa., filed a brief on behalf of B.V.D. Company, Inc., as amicus curiae, in opposition to the petition for review.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and PRETTYMAN and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

The National Labor Relations Board order under review in these two cases stems from the 1952 campaign of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, AFL, to organize women employees at the Pascagoula, Mississippi, plant of the B.V.D. Company. In connection with the campaign and the ensuing strike, 46 of these employees were discharged or denied reinstatement.

In No. 12585, the Board seeks enforcement of its order which, by a unanimous...

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