United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for enforcement of an NLRB order mandating the reinstatement of striking employers and the payment of back wages is granted where the NLRB's rejection of the respondent's mitigation defense was supported by substantial evidence, and the ALJ was within his discretion to limit the respondent's expert witness testimony as cumulative.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/11/2007
• Decided 11/08/2007
• Published 11/08/2007

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, FLAUM and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rik Lineback, National Labor Relations Board, Indianapolis, IN, Linda J. Dreeben, Jewel L. Fox (argued), National Labor Relations Board, Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• James U. Smith, III (argued), Smith & Smith, Louisville, KY, for Respondent.