425 U.S. 800 (1976) Cited 223 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that appeals court usurped role of NLRB by reversing Board's legal conclusion and proceeding to decide issue of fact that should be decided by Board in the first instance
Holding review of the Board's decision to apply a new rule of law retrospectively is deferential and that the Board's ruling will be disturbed only if it wreaks manifest injustice
In Wilson Sons, the Board found that the employer violated the Act by refusing to comply with a union request to audit the company's books, information which the Board understood was requested in order to verify one employee's wages.