United States DC Circuit

The NLRB's application for enforcement of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) granted, where apparent authority existed to bind the employer to the union contract, but the NLRB's finding that leasing language in the CBA's successorship clause must be excised as unlawful is reversed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/25/2002
• Published 10/25/2002

Judges

• Before:  TATEL and GARLAND, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Forrest H. Roles argued the cause and filed the briefs for W.R. Mollohan, Inc., Joseph E. Kolick, Jr. argued the cause for International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Local Unions No. 970 and 1144, AFL-CIO-CLC.  With him on the brief was Kirsten Lea Doolittle., David A. Fleischer, Senior Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, argued the cause for the Board.   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 Fred L. Cornnell, Jr., Supervisory Attorney. Frederick Havard, Supervisory Attorney, and Jill A. Griffin, Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, entered appearances.