United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of a decision that hospital's ban on union buttons bearing the message "RNs Demand Safe Staffing" did not constitute an unfair labor practice in violation of the NLRA is granted where substantial evidence did not support a finding that the hospital met its burden of establishing special circumstances justifying the button ban.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/10/2008
• Decided 05/20/2008
• Published 05/20/2008

Judges

• PAEZ, Circuit Judge:, Before:  B. FLETCHER, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Timothy Sears, Washington State Nurses Association, Seattle, WA, for the petitioner., Michael B. Love, Paine Hamblen LLP, Spokane, WA, for the amicus.


• For Appellees:
  
• David A. Seid, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.