Garment Workers v. Labor Board

Holding that a union cannot represent a group of employees for which it does not enjoy majority support

I.A. of M. v. Labor Board

In International Ass'n of Machinists v. N.L.R.B., 1940, 311 U.S. 72, 61 S.Ct. 83, 85 L. Ed. 50, there had been a long history of management favoritism to the established and hostility to the aspiring union; and in Franks Bros. Co. v. N.L.R.B., 1944, 321 U.S. 702, 703, 64 S.Ct. 817, 818, 88 L.Ed. 1020, the employer had "conducted an aggressive campaign against the Union, even to the extent of threatening to close its factory if the union won the election."

Kent Corp. v. N.L.R.B

Holding that agency documents produced when deciding "to prosecute or not to prosecute" were protected work product, regardless of "whether litigation actually ensured"

Title Guarantee Co. v. N.L.R.B

Holding statements of employees and union representatives obtained in NLRB investigation exempt from disclosure under Exemption 7 until completion of administrative and judicial proceedings

N.L.R.B. v. Heck's Inc.

In N.L.R.B. v. Heck's, Inc., 386 F.2d 317, 322 (4th Cir. 1967), the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals explained the rationale behind not allowing "supervisors" to solicit signatures on union authorization cards.

Harrison Sheet Steel v. Natl. Labor Rel. Bd.

In Harrison Sheet Steel Co. v. N.L.R.B., 7 Cir., 194 F.2d 407, the company recognized a union which had just lost an election, and obviously did not represent a majority of the employees, when there were two other unions trying to organize the plant.

N.L.R.B. v. Cadillac Wire Corp.

Section 552 - Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings

Holding that the Court's entering of a “Stipulation and Order” approving the parties' terms of dismissal did not amount to a “court-ordered consent decree” that would render the plaintiff the prevailing party