San Miguel Hospital Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, San Miguel Hospital Corp., essentially is challenging the Board’s determination that a “wall to wall” bargaining unit of the Hospital’s professional and non-professional employees is appropriate. Although Petitioner unleashes a blizzard of separate arguments, both substantive and procedural, only one — relating to the burden of proof — even gives us pause. We deny the petitions and grant the Board’s cross-applications for enforcement.

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The Hospital is an acute-care facility in Las Vegas,…