# National Labor Relations Board v. E.L. Rice and Company of Southgate, Inc.

> Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · June 13, 1975 · 524 F.2d 1148

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/330798

## Case

- **Full name:** NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. E. L. RICE AND COMPANY OF SOUTHGATE, INC., Respondent
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- **Decided:** June 13, 1975
- **Citations:** 524 F.2d 1148; 91 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2237; 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 14226
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Phillips, Weick, Edwards
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ORDER
On receipt and consideration of an application for enforcement of an order of the National Labor Relations Board, reported at 213 N.L.R.B. No. 99; and
On receipt and consideration of the briefs and record and oral argument in said case; and
Noting that after an impartial card check on October 17, 1973, a recognition agreement was entered into between the parties on that same date, reciting in part; “The Employer acknowledges that the Union represents a majority of employees in such bargaining unit”; and
Noting further that although the company subsequently refused to continue
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recognition and bargaining, no facts were adduced at the subsequent unfair labor practice hearing constituting affirmative evidence proving a lack of majority at the time of the recognition agreement,
See Moisi & Sons Trucking, Inc.,
197 N.L.R.B. 198 (1972); and
Further noting the Board’s conclusion that the union is and has been the exclusive representative of the employees in the respondent’s bargaining unit and that said conclusion is supported by substantial evidence upon the whole record;
Now, therefore, the application for enforcement of the order of the Board is hereby granted.

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