Legal Opinion
Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 1983No. 81-2257PublishedCited by 780 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
We must decide whether the National Labor Relations Board may issue a cease-and-desist order to halt the prosecution of a state-court civil suit brought by an employer to retaliate against employees for exercising federally protected labor rights, without also finding that the suit lacks a reasonable basis in fact or law.
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The present controversy arises out of a labor dispute at “Bill Johnson’s Big Apple East,” one of four restaurants owned and operated by the petitioner in Phoenix, Ariz. It began on August 8, 1978, when petitioner fired Myrland Helton, one of the most senior waitresses at the…
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