Pioneer Natural Gas Company, Petitioner-Cross v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent-Cross

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

An administrative law judge determined that the Pioneer Natural Gas Company had violated § 8(a)(1) and § 8(a)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 158(a)(1), (3) by interrogating and discriminating against certain employees. The National Labor Relations Board summarily affirmed the ALJ’s “rulings, findings, and conclusions” and adopted his order with a slight modification. 1 Pioneer petitions for review, and the Board cross-petitions for enforcement of its order. We grant Pioneer’s petition and deny enforcement.

I. Background

In March 1978, a union began a…