Opinion

Continental Oil Co. v. National Labor Relations Board

  • 313 U.S. 212
  • 8 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 438
  • 61 S. Ct. 861
  • 85 L. Ed. 1292
  • 1941 U.S. LEXIS 1199
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Apr 28, 1941
Status
Published
Author
Frankfurter
On the bench
Frankfurter, Roberts, Chief-, Dodge, Black, Douglas
Cited by
6 cases
Authority
More cited than 74.0%

The opinion

MR. Justice Frankfurter

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In its petition the Continental Oil Company challenged various provisions of an order of the Labor Board which the Circuit Court of Appeals had enforced, but we brought here only so much of the case as pertained to the reinstatement of two men, Jones and( Moore, 311 U. S. 637 . Continental’s contention is that reinstatement was precluded because neither man remained an “employee” within § 2 (3) of the National Labor Relations Act. The decisive question, however, as we have ruled in the

Phelps Dodge

case,

ante,

p. 177, is whether, reinstatement will “effectuate the policies” of the Act. We therefore remand the case , for an exercise by the Board of its judgment on thát issue, in light of our opinion in the

Phelps Dodge

case.

Remanded

Mr. Justice Roberts took no part in the consideration or disposition of this case.

The Chief- Justice and Mr. Justice Stone reiterate the views expressed by them in the

Phelps Dodge

case.

Mr. Justice Black, Mr. Justice Douglas, and Mr. Justice Murphy are of opinion that the Board’s order should be affirmed for the reasons set forth by them in the

Phelps Dodge

case.'.

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