International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers, Local 180 v. J. I. Case Co.

The first question to be determined is whether respondent’s motion to dismiss the appeal, for the reason that the questions involved are moot, should be granted. In support of its motion, respondent filed an affidavit setting forth that on December 30, 1946, appellant inserted an advertisement in the Racine Journal-Times, a newspaper of general circulation in and about the city of Racine, Wisconsin, stating, among other things, that the company “will not give effect to the agreement of February 6, 1937, so as to preclude or limit collective bargaining with Local 180 on any proposal which is…