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Parties Involved:
La Favorita, Inc.
Petitioner
National Labor Relations Board
Respondent

Document Text:

LA 

v. 

FAVORITA, INC., 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS ~~~Jl!ll<lla 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

SEP3o 1992 

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Clerk ) 

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Petitioner, ) 

) 

) No. 92-9509 

) 

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, ) 

(Agency No. 27-CA-11386) 

(Petition for Review) 

) 

Respondent. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before LOGAN, EBEL, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The case is therefore ordered 

This matter is before the court on the petition of 

La Favorita, Inc. for review of an order of the National Labor 

Relations Board finding it in violation of sections B(a)(l) and 

8(a)(4) of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board has filed 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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a cross application for enforcement. We grant the Board's 

application for enforcement. See 29 u.s.c. § 160(e). 

"Enforcement of an order should be granted if the Board 

correctly applied the law and if its findings are supported by 

substantial evidence in the record as a whole." Glaziers Local 

Union 558 v. NLRB, 787 F.2d 1406, 1411 (10th Cir. 1986). 

the Board adopted 

Administrative Law 

the 

Judge 

findings 

(ALJ), as 

and 

well 

conclusions 

as, with 

Here, 

of the 

slight 

modification, the ALJ's order. We have carefully reviewed the 

record and pleadings in this matter, and conclude the decision of 

the Board is supported by substantial evidence. 

The ALJ found that La Favorita violated the Act when it 

retaliated against employee Petronilo Garcia for testifying 

against the company in a prior Board proceeding. The decision 

followed a two-day hearing in which the ALJ heard extensive 

testimony from both sides. Virtually all the testimony was 

contested. In particular, the description of the events 

underlying the violations differed greatly. Thus, the ALJ was 

required to base his decision on the credibility of the witnesses. 

"[W]hen, as here, the issues presented are largely ones of 

credibility, we will not lightly overturn the decision of the ALJ 

who had the opportunity to hear the testimony and view the 

witnesses." NLRB v. First Nat'l Bank of Pueblo, 623 F.2d 686, 691 

(10th Cir. 1980). Credibility determinations, such as those 

required in this case, are particularly within the province of the 

ALJ. McLane/Western, Inc. v. NLRB, 723 F.2d 1454, 1458 (10th Cir. 

2 

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1983). We have scrutinized this record and hold that there is 

substantial evidence to support the decision of the ALJ. 

La Favorita's petition for review is DENIED. The National 

Labor Relations Board's cross application for enforcement is 

GRANTED. 

3 

Entered for the Court 

James K. Logan 

Circuit Judge 

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