SPARKS v. N.L.R.B.

No. 87-2617.

835 F.2d 705 (1987)

John E. SPARKS, Petitioner, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD; Salem Gravure Division of World Color Press; and Graphic Communications International Union, Local 554, AFL-CIO, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon A. Knapp, Carr, Korein, Schlichter, Kunin & Montroy, St. Louis, Ill., for petitioner.

Thomas D. Allison, Cotton, Watt, Jones & King, Chicago, Ill. (Michael H. Slutsky, of counsel), Eric G. Moskowitz, N.L.R.B., Washington, D.C. (Diane Rosse, of counsel), James P. Mannion, Jr., Bryan Cave McPheeters & McRoberts (Sabrina M. Wrenn, of counsel), St. Louis, Mo., for respondents.

Before POSNER, COFFEY, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board decided not to file an unfair labor practice complaint on behalf of John Sparks, who had been fired by his employer, and Sparks filed a petition with this court to review that decision, naming his employer, his union, and the Board as respondents. Now Sparks asks for a voluntary dismissal of the petition. Both his employer and his union want us to condition dismissal on Sparks' agreeing...

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