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METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. v. NLRB

No. 81-1664.

460 U.S. 693 (1983)

METROPOLITAN EDISON CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald F. Sileo argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Anthony A. DeSabato.

Norton J. Come argued the cause for respondent National Labor Relations Board. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Lee, Deputy Solicitor General Wallace, Jerrold J. Ganzfried, Robert E. Allen, Linda Sher, and Elinor Hadley Stillman. Laurence J. Cohen argued the cause for respondent Local Union 563, IBEW. With him on the brief were Richard Kirschner, Marsha Berzon, and Laurence Gold.*

JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue is whether an employer may discipline union officials more severely than other union employees for participating in an unlawful work stoppage.

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Metropolitan Edison Company began construction of a two-unit nuclear generating station at Three Mile Island in 1968. Over half of its employees were represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Article XI of the collective...

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