NLRB v. CITY DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 82-960.

465 U.S. 822 (1984)

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. CITY DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 21, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norton J. Come argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, Deputy Solicitor General Wallace, Carter G. Phillips, Linda Sher, and Elinor Hadley Stillman.

Robert P. Ufer argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Thomas G. Kienbaum and Theodore R. Opperwall.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States by Edward B. Miller and Stephen A. Bokat; for the Legal Foundation of America by David Crump; and for Roadway Express, Inc., by Michael C. Towers and Mark E. Edwards.


JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

James Brown, a truckdriver employed by respondent, was discharged when he refused to drive a truck that he honestly and reasonably believed to be unsafe because of faulty brakes. Article XXI of the collective-bargaining agreement between respondent and Local 247 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, which covered Brown, provides:

"The Employer shall...

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