Ruan Transport Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Following a vote by the employees of a truck transportation company named Ruan Transport, the National Labor Relations Board certified a local union to be the representative for Ruan’s employees. Ruan now petitions this court to reverse the Board’s decision, while the Board cross-petitions us to enforce its decision. The dispute turns on whether a ballot with irregular markings — the deciding vote in the election — should be counted. Because we conclude that it was not an abuse of discretion for the Board to find that the challenged ballot indicates the clear intent of…