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Beth Israel Hospital v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.
437 U.S. 483 (1978) Cited 220 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that, in the context of solicitation rules, such circumstances are required to justify restrictions on solicitation during nonworking time
N.L.R.B. v. Beth Israel Hospital
554 F.2d 477 (1st Cir. 1977) Cited 26 times
In Beth Israel a patient was allowed to visit the cafeteria only when his doctor certified that he was well enough to do so and the Supreme Court deemed it "of critical significance that only 1.56 percent of the cafeteria patrons are patients."
St. John's Hospital v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.
557 F.2d 1368 (10th Cir. 1977) Cited 23 times
In St. John this Court denied enforcement to that portion of the Board's order which permitted solicitation and distribution of union materials in areas of the hospital to which patients had access. Alternatively the Court found that the Board's definition of "strictly patient care areas" (the only places it would permit the no-solicitation rule to operate) must be interpreted to include halls, stairways, elevators and waiting rooms accessible to patients.