United States DC Circuit

Petitions for review brought by an employer and union are denied and a cross-application for enforcement of an order of the NLRB is granted over challenges by an employer to the Boards' findings regarding violations of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and challenges by the employer and union to the severity, or lack thereof, of the remedies imposed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/09/2006
• Decided 05/05/2006
• Published 05/05/2006

Judges

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

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Renee L. Bowser argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 204., Curtis L. Mack argued the cause for petitioner Smithfield Packing Company, Inc. With him on the briefs was E. Duncan Getchell, Jr., Michael A. Carvin argued the cause for intervenors.   With him on the briefs were Julia M. Broas and Willis J. Goldsmith.


• For Appellees:
  
• Usha Dheenan, Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, argued the cause for respondent.   With her on the brief were Ronald Meisburg, General Counsel, John H. Ferguson, Associate General Counsel, Aileen A. Armstrong, Deputy Associate General Counsel, and Fred B. Jacob, Supervisory Attorney.