LINDEN LUMBER DIVISION v. NLRB

No. 73-1231.

419 U.S. 301 (1974)

LINDEN LUMBER DIVISION, SUMMER & CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norton J. Come argued the cause for the National Labor Relations Board, respondent in No. 73-1231 and petitioner in No. 73-1234. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Bork, Peter G. Nash, John S. Irving, and Patrick Hardin. Lawrence M. Cohen argued the cause for petitioner in No. 73-1231. With him on the briefs were Steven R. Semler and Ronald F. Hartman. Laurence Gold argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent unions in both cases.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases present a question expressly reserved in NLRB v. Gissel Packing Co., 395 U.S. 575, 595, 601 n. 18 (1969).

In Linden respondent union obtained authorization cards from a majority of petitioner's employees and demanded that it be recognized as the collective-bargaining representative of those employees. Linden said it doubted the union's claimed...

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