Legal Opinion
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America v. General Electric Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 22, 1956No. 12628PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Chief Judge.
Appellant Union, certified representative of a number of General Electric Company employees, and appellant Nelson, a member of the Union, ask declaratory and injunctive relief and damages against appellee General Electric Company. The complaint says the Company violated a collective bargaining contract by adopting and enforcing a rule or “policy” that calls for suspension and discharge of employees who invoke the Fifth Amendment, or refuse to testify, before a Congressional committee investigating Communism. Adoption of this rule is said to be a unilateral change in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776Supreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Amalgamated Utility Workers v. Consolidated Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Textile Workers Union of America, CIO v. Arista Mills CoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- Marranzano v. Riggs Nat. Bank of Washington, D.C.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Belsinger Signs, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1964
- Nelson v. General Electric CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1958
- United Electrical, Radio And Machine Workers Of America v. General Electric CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Nelson v. General Electric CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1958
- Nelson v. General Electric CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1958