Crestline Memorial Hospital Association, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

ORDER

Crestline Memorial Hospital [the Hospital] seeks review of a National Labor Relations Board [NLRB] order and decision, 250 N.L.R.B. No. 28 (Aug. 7, 1980), finding that the Hospital refused to bargain with employee representatives and interfered with certain employee’s rights to unionize in violation of sections 8(a)(5) and 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act [the Act] respectively. The Hospital contends that it is a “political subdivision” rather than an “employer” within section 2(2) of the Act and thus exempt from Board jurisdiction; alternatively, the Hospital argues that its…