United States DC Circuit

An employer's refusal to furnish relevant information needed by a union for use in collective bargaining or grievance processing is a type of case which need not be deferred by the NLRB to arbitration under the parties' collective bargaining agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/05/2002
• Decided 05/07/2002
• Published 05/07/2002

Judges

• Before:  EDWARDS and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• K.C. Hortop argued the cause for petitioner.   On the briefs was Theodore R. Opperwall.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher W. Young, Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, argued the cause for respondent.   With him on the brief were Arthur F. Rosenfeld, General Counsel, John H. Ferguson, Associate General Counsel, Aileen A. Armstrong, Deputy Associate General Counsel, and Margaret A. Gaines, Supervisory Attorney.