United States DC Circuit

Petition for review challenging order that employer's decision not to retain employees of a newly acquired business was unlawfully animated by a desire to avoid dealing with a labor union, in violation of the NLRA, is denied as respondent's order is a product of reasoned decisionmaking and is supported by substantial evidence in the record.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/16/2007
• Decided 02/08/2008
• Published 02/08/2008

Judges

• Before:  BROWN and GRIFFITH, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter D. Stergios argued the cause for petitioner.   With him on the briefs was Patrick M. Collins.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey J. Barham, Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, argued the cause for respondent.   With him on the brief were Ronald E. Meisburg, General Counsel, John H. Ferguson, Associate General Counsel, Linda Dreeben, Assistant General Counsel, and Julie B. Broido, Senior Attorney.