recognizing that the District Court rejected the government’s argument that employees were bound by their signed Notice of Personal Action which designated their positions as exempt.
How later courts described this case
- recognizing that the District Court rejected the government’s argument that employees were bound by their signed Notice of Personal Action which designated their positions as exempt.
- "To achieve stability of labor relations was the primary objective of Congress in enacting the National Labor Relations Act."
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Mr. Justice Reed and Mr. Justice Burton
dissent. In their opinion the adjustment between § 7 and § 8 (3) made by the National Labor Relations Board is permissible. The use of the closed-shop privilege to interfere with the free exercise of the laborers’ choice does not seem to them to be within the purpose of the Labor Act.
Mr. Justice Douglas took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.