National Labor Relations Board v. A-Plus Roofing, Inc. Phyllis Wesson

POOLE, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of years of effort by the NLRB and Roofers’ Local Union No. 40 (“the Union”) to obtain documents from an employer relevant to the Union’s collective bargaining agreement. The failure to produce documents has resulted in civil and criminal contempt proceedings, first against the employer, and later against the employer’s secretary, Phyllis Wesson.

We appointed a special master, U.S. Magistrate F. Steele Langford, to conduct the contempt trial, and must now rule on his recommendations. We approve the magistrate’s recommendation that the employer, A-Plus…