Legal Opinion
National Labor Relations Board v. Le Fort Enterprises, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 1, 2015No. 14-1917Published
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
Le Fort Enterprises, Inc. (“Le Fort”) does business as a “Merry Maids” franchise, providing cleaning services, primarily to homeowners in and around Boston, Massachusetts. Le Fort serves approximately 500 customers, generates annual sales in excess of $1,000,000, and employs twenty-nine housekeepers. Some of the housekeepers decided to try to unionize. Over Le Fort’s objection, the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”) asserted jurisdiction and conducted a secret-ballot election among the twenty-nine housekeepers. By a vote of 16 to 12 (with one challenged…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Overnite Transportation Company v. National Labor Relations Board, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 728, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
- Boston Insulated Wire & Cable Systems, Inc., Petitioner-Cross-Respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent-Cross-PetitionerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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