National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co.

This case presents two questions: -first, whether the National Labor Relations Board properly determined *269that all “managerial employees/’ except those whose participation in a labor organization would create a conflict of interest with their job responsibilities, are covered by the National Labor Relations Act;1 and second, whether the Board must proceed by rulemaking rather than by adjudication in determining whether certain buyers are “managerial employees.” We answer both questions in the negative.

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Respondent Bell Aerospace Co., Division of Textron, Inc. (company), operates a plant in…