SOUTHCOAST HOSPITALS GROUP, INC. v. N.L.R.B.

Nos. 15-2146, 15-2258.

846 F.3d 448 (2017)

SOUTHCOAST HOSPITALS GROUP, INC., Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Whelan , with whom Matthew H. Parker and Whelan, Corrente, Flanders, Kinder & Siket LLP were on brief, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent.

Barbara Sheehy , Counsel, with whom Robert J. Englehart , Supervising Attorney, Matthew Bruenig , Attorney, Richard F. Griffin, Jr. , General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo , Deputy General Counsel, John H. Ferguson , Associate General Counsel, and Linda Dreeben , Deputy Associate General Counsel, were on brief, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

Before Thompson and Kayatta, Circuit Judges, and Barbadoro, District Judge.


Southcoast Hospitals Group, Inc. was created through a merger of three hospitals. One of the hospitals has a union workforce, and the union's collective-bargaining agreement grants its members a hiring preference when filling union positions. In an effort to produce more even-handed hiring practices across its three hospitals...

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