Beth Israel Hospital v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Holding that, in the context of solicitation rules, such circumstances are required to justify restrictions on solicitation during nonworking time

Labor Board v. Walton Mfg. Co.

Explaining that the deferential standard of review is appropriate because the "[the ALJ] ... sees the witnesses and hears them testify, while the Board and the reviewing court look only at cold records"

Labor Board v. Parts Co.

Holding that the Act “prohibits not only intrusive threats and promises but also conduct immediately favorable to employees which is undertaken with the express purpose of impinging upon their freedom of choice for or against unionization and is reasonably calculated to have that effect.”

Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. N.L.R.B

Upholding employer's right to discipline employee engaged in activities not protected by the National Labor Relations Act, including "activities . . . in breach of contract"

Mushroom Transportation Company v. N.L.R.B

In Mushroom Transportation Co. v. NLRB, 330 F.2d 683, 685 (3d Cir. 1964), we held that to qualify as concerted activity "it must appear at the very least that [the conduct] was engaged in with the object of initiating or inducing or preparing for group action or that it had some relation to group action in the interest of the employees."

Jeannette Corp. v. N.L.R.B

Sustaining the Board's finding that the employer's rule broadly prohibiting wage discussions was an unfair labor practice under § 8, reasoning that "wage discussions can be protected activity and that an employer's unqualified rule barring such discussions has the tendency to inhibit such activity"

St. John's Hospital v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

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.

United Credit Bur. of America v. N.L.R.B

In United Credit Bureau the court of appeals concluded that employer actions sounding in abuse of process for allegedly wrongful filing of unfair labor practice charges by employees with the NLRB are, under Sears, sufficiently identical to the employee's NLRB claims to warrant preemption.

N.L.R.B. v. Georgia Rug Mill

N.L.R.B. v. Gold Standard Ent., Inc.

In Gold Standard Enterprises, this court discussed in some detail the analysis of "credibility" articulated by Judge Wallace in Penasquitos Village, Inc. v. NLRB, 565 F.2d 1074 (9th Cir. 1977).

Section 151 - Designation of bankruptcy courts

Referring to the bankruptcy court as a "unit" of the district court