Legal Opinion
Van Dorn Plastic MacHinery Company v. National Labor Relations Board
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 17, 1984No. 83-5012, 83-5118PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Chief Judge.
The most important issue in this labor case relates to the proper standard for determining whether communications from a union or an employer near the time of a representation election are sufficiently deceptive to require setting the election aside. After much vacillation the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) appears to have settled on a standard, stated in Midland National Life Insurance Co., 263 NLRB No. 24 (1982), as follows:
In sum, we rule today that we will no longer probe into the truth or falsity of the parties’ campaign statements, and that we will not…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Ford Motor Co. (Chicago Stamping Plant) v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- First National Maintenance Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- National Labor Relations Board v. A. J. Tower Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- National Labor Relations Board v. Allied Products Corporation, Richard Brothers DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- National Labor Relations Board v. Hendricks County Rural Electric Membership Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by54 opinions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Best Products Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- National Labor Relations Board v. Superior Coatings, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Adair Standish Corporation, and v. National Labor Relations Board, AndCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- National Labor Relations Board, Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. St. Francis Healthcare Centre, Respondent/cross-PetitionerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
- National Labor Relations Board v. Hub Plastics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
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