Legal Opinion
National Labor Relations Board v. Wheeling Electric Company, National Labor Relations Board v. Wheeling Electric Power Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1971No. 15220, 15270PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the National Labor Relations Board that the Wheeling Electric Company violated Section 8(a) (1) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 158(a) (1), by discharging and refusing to rehire a confidential secretary who refused to perform her duties during a strike. We think confidential secretaries are not within the protection of the Act, and deny enforcement of the Board’s order to reinstate.
The parties agree that Mrs. Imogene McConnell was the confidential secretary to the manager of the company’s Moundsville, West Virginia,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- United States v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by21 opinions
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