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NLRB v. TEXTILE WORKERS

No. 71-711.

409 U.S. 213 (1972)

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. GRANITE STATE JOINT BOARD, TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, LOCAL 1029, AFL-CIO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 7, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norton J. Come argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Allan A. Tuttle, and Peter G. Nash.

Harold B. Roitman argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

Milton Smith, Jerry Kronenberg, and Gerard C. Smetana filed a brief for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal.

Plato E. Papps, Louis Poulton, and Bernard Dunau filed a brief for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent is a union that had a collective-bargaining agreement with an employer which contained a maintenance-of-membership clause providing that members were, as a condition of employment, to remain in good standing "as to payment of dues" for the duration of the contract. Neither the contract nor the Union's constitution or bylaws contained any provision defining...

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