United States DC Circuit

In finding a construction company's contract with a labor union to be governed by National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") section 9(a), the NLRB failed to protect construction employees' NLRA section 7 rights "to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing."

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/11/2003
• Decided 06/10/2003
• Published 06/10/2003

Judges

• Before:  EDWARDS, RANDOLPH and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven D. Atkinson argued the cause for petitioner.   With him on the briefs were Thomas A. Lenz and Vincent P. Floyd., Francis J. Martorana argued the cause for intervenor.   With him on the brief was Dinah S. Leventhal.


• For Appellees:
  
• William M. Bernstein, 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 Charles Donnelly, Senior Attorney.