National Labor Relations Board v. Steinerfilm, Inc.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

The National Labor Relations Board seeks an order from this court for discovery against Steinerfilm, Inc., to help it to decide whether Steinerfilm is complying with the Board’s order, enforced in NLRB v. Steinerfilm, Inc., 669 F.2d 845 (1st Cir.1982). Initially, we denied the Board’s motion, stating that we were

not persuaded that the case law supports the issuance of such an order absent either a contempt or an unfair labor practice proceeding, or a showing that a company is attempting to avoid financial responsibility for back pay.

At the Board’s request, we granted a…