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Belknap, Inc. Vs. Hale

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 30, 1983

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  1. Farmer Vs. Carpenters US Supreme Court · Mar 07, 1977
  2. Cox Broadcasting Corp. Vs. Cohn US Supreme Court · Mar 03, 1975
  3. San Diego Building Trades Council Vs. Garmon US Supreme Court · Mar 25, 1957
  4. Construction Laborers Vs. Curry US Supreme Court · Jan 21, 1963
  5. U.S. 491 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court Belknap, Inc. v. Hale
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  6. U.S. 491 (1983) Belknap, Inc. v. Hale
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  7. and breach of contract are not preempted. Pp. 463 U. S. 498 -512. (a) The doctrine of Machinists v. Wisconsin
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  8. U. S. 499 -507. (b) Nor are respondents' causes of action preempted under San Diego Building Trade Council v. Garmon
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  9. Relying on Linn v. Plant
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  10. or causes of action are preempted by the NLRA. Under the first, set out in San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon
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  11. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Carpenters
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  12. Relations Board's Page 463 U. S. 499 ability to adjudicate controversies committed to it by the Act, Farmer v. Carpenters
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  13. that the Act protects. Id. at 436 U. S. 205 . The second preemption doctrine, set out in Machinists v. Wisconsin
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  14. Machinists v. Wisconsin
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  15. Employment Relations Comm'n, supra, at 427 U. S. 140 , quoting NLRB v. Nash-Finch
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  16. are nullified by federal law, and its otherwise actionable misrepresentations may not be pursued. See J. I. Case Co. v. NLRB
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  17. Georgia Highway Express, Inc., 165 N.L.R.B. 514, 516 (1967), aff'd sub nom. Truck Drivers and Helpers Local No. 728 v. NLRB
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  18. made to innocent replacements, that the employer was free to make and keep under federal law. J. I. Case Co. v. NLRB
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  19. labor practices, since they could be viewed as threats to refuse to reinstate unfair labor practice strikers. See NLRB v. Laredo
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  20. would have been forced to reinstate the strikers, rather than keep replacements on the job. Mastro Plastics Corp. v. NLRB
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  21. in local law that the courts should not assume that Congress intended to preempt the application of state law. In Linn v. Plant
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  22. even though such statements were in themselves unfair labor practices adjudicable by the Board. Likewise, in Farmer v. Carpenter
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  23. U. S. 510 consisted of conduct that was arguably an unfair labor practice. Finally, in Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Carpenters
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  24. Board would be concerned with the impact on strikers, not with whether the employer deceived replacements. As in Linn v. Plant
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  25. its citizens from misrepresentations that have caused them grievous harm. It is no less true here than it was in Linn v. Plant
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  26. concerns, cf. Farmer v. Carpenters
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  27. conflict with the rights of either the strikers or the employer or would frustrate any policy of the federal labor laws. v. Because
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  28. U. S. 469 , 420 U. S. 483 (1975), quoting Construction Laborers v. Curry
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  29. nor does it require us to dismiss this case for want of a final judgment. Hudson Distributors, Inc. v. Eli
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  30. Abney v. United
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  31. NLRB v. Mars
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  32. NLRB v. Murray
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  33. H. & F. Finch Co. v. NLRB
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  34. replacements because of commitments made to them in the course of an economic strike satisfies the requirement of NLRB v. Fleetwood
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  35. require a different conclusion. Indeed, as indicated above, in Hot Shoppes, Inc., supra, the Board read NLRB v. Mackay
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  36. Co., 304 U. S. 333 (1938), as holding that the motive for hiring permanent replacements is irrelevant. NLRB v. Erie
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  37. Emphasis added.) NLRB Br. at 17. This case is thus a far cry from NLRB v. Transportation
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  38. discharge them after settlement with the union will be in much the same position as the employer in W. R. Grace & Co. v. Rubber
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  39. returning strikers of jobs committed to them by the national labor laws. As the Court said in National Licorice Co. v. NLRB
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  40. construction of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), if reasonable, is entitled to deference from the courts. NLRB v. Transportation
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  41. Georgia Highway Express, Inc., 165 N.L.R.B. 514, 516 (1967), aff'd sub nom. Truck Drivers and Helpers Local 728 v. NLRB
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  42. is reasonable, or whether it is contrary to the statutory mandate or frustrates Congress' policy objectives. See FEC v. Democratic
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  43. NLRB v. Brown
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  44. NLRB v. Fleetwood
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  45. Trailer Co., 389 U. S. 375 , 389 U. S. 378 (1967), quoting NLRB v. Great
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  46. by the strikers. NLRB v. Mackay
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  47. Co., 304 U. S. 333 , 304 U. S. 345 (1938). Page 463 U. S. 515 See NLRB v. Erie
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  48. of, rather than a legitimate business justification for, the power to hire permanent strike replacements. See NLRB v. Erie
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  49. NLRB v. Gissel
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  50. U.S. Supreme Court Belknap, Inc. v. Hale
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