NAVAJO TRIBE v. N. L. R. B.

No. 15735.

288 F.2d 162 (1961)

NAVAJO TRIBE, a Treaty Tribe of Indians et al., Appellants v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph F. McPherson, Los Angeles, Cal., with whom Messrs. Norman M. Littell and Charles J. Alexander, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Duane B. Beeson, Atty., N. L. R. B., of the bar of the Supreme Court of California, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Messrs. Stuart Rothman, Gen. Counsel, N. L. R. B., Dominick L. Manoli, Associate Gen. Counsel, N. L. R. B., Marcel Mallet-Prevost, Asst. Gen. Counsel, N. L. R. B., and Herman M. Levy, Atty., N. L. R. B., were on the brief, for appellee N. L. R. B. Mr. Russell Specter, Atty., N. L. R. B., also entered an appearance for appellee N. L. R. B.

Mr. Joseph M. Stone, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Robert J. Connerton, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee International Hod Carriers', Building and Common Laborers' Union of America, AFL-CIO.

Mr. David E. Feller, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Jerry D. Anker, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee United Steelworkers of America.

Messrs. J. Albert Woll, Robert C. Mayer, and Theodore J. St. Antoine, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO.

Mr. Alfred A. Colby, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellee Texas-Zinc Minerals Corp.

Before MAGRUDER, Senior United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, and PRETTYMAN and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question whether the Navajo Tribe of Indians is entitled to an injunction preventing the National Labor Relations Board from holding a representation election in a mining plant located on the Navajo Reservation. Suit seeking that relief was brought in the District Court by the Tribe and one of its members against the Labor Board, its members, and three interested unions. The...

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