National Labor Relations Board v. Local 1291, International Longshoremen's Ass'n

OPINION OF THE COURT

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

In this case the National Labor Relations Board has found that two longshoremen’s unions, Local 1291 and Local 1242, have threatened and coerced an employer, Northern Contracting Co., and that “an object” of the union’s conduct was “forcing or requiring * * * [Northern] to cease doing business with * * * [another] person”, Marine Transport, Inc., in violation of section 8 (b) (4) (ii) (B) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended by the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. 29 U.S.C. § 158(b) (4) (ii) (B). The Board has asked us…