BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL v. NLRB

No. 77-152.

437 U.S. 483 (1978)

BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Chandler argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Robert Chandler.

Norton J. Come argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Solicitor General McCree, John S. Irving, and Carl L. Taylor.

Laurence Gold argued the cause for intervenor Massachusetts Hospital Workers' Union Local 880, Service Employees' International Union. With him on the brief were Lester Asher, J. Albert Woll, and George Kaufmann.*


MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The National Labor Relations Act, 49 Stat. 449, as amended, 61 Stat. 136, 29 U. S. C. §§ 151 to 168, was further amended in 1974 to extend its coverage and protection to employees of nonprofit health-care institutions.1 Act of July 26, 1974, Pub. L. No. 93-360, 88 Stat. 395. Petitioner is a Boston nonprofit hospital whose employees are covered by the amended Act. This case...

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