Legal Opinion

Bay Medical Center, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided December 28, 1978No. 76-1881PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

In 1974 Congress amended the National Labor Relations Act to bring nonprofit hospitals like the petitioner, Bay Medical Center, within the statutory jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board. 1 The purpose of the amendment was to give hospital employees the “coverage and protections” of the National Labor Relations Act. 2

The question in this case is whether the Board abused its discretion when it determined that a bargaining unit of “technical employees” at the Medical Center was appropriate under section 9(b) of the Act, even though it did not include licensed…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Packard Motor Car Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. National Labor Relations Board v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Memorial Hospital of Roxborough v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
  5. National Labor Relations Board v. Zayre Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. California Pacific Medical Center v. National Labor Relations Board, National Labor Relations Board v. California Pacific Medical CenterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  2. National Labor Relations Board v. Hmo International/california Medical Group Health Plan, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
  3. Armco, Inc. v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
  4. International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 474, Afl-Cio, Petitioner v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
  5. National Labor Relations Board v. Sweetwater Hospital AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979

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