National Labor Relations Board v. Carlisle Lumber Co.

It has been very earnestly and ably argued by counsel for respondent that the Board is attempting to apply the Wagner Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 151 et seq., retroactively when it classes discharged workmen as employees under the act.

In my judgment the main opinion properly decides this question against respondent’s contention. Every act complained of happened after the statute went into effect, and every phase of the Board’s order is premised upon such. And, surely, there was ample evidence before the Board to sustain its findings that the strike was current when these acts were performed.

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