United States Ninth Circuit

Where the NLRB's rationale for excluding dues-checkoff from the unilateral change doctrine in the absence of union security is indiscernible, petition for review granted and remanded so that the NLRB can articulate a reasoned explanation for the rule, or adopt a different rule and present a reasoned explanation to support it.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/08/2001
• Decided 10/28/2002
• Published 10/28/2002

Judges

• Before CANBY, JR., GRABER, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael T. Anderson, San Francisco, CA, argued the cause for the petitioner.  Barry Jellison, San Francisco, CA, assisted on the brief.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles Donnelly, Supervisory Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, DC, argued the cause for the respondent.  Aileen A. Armstrong, Deputy Associate General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, DC, assisted on the brief.