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# FI LED JAN 26 2 010 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALSP l a i nt i f f I nt e rna t i ona l L ongs hor e & W a r e hous e U ni on, L oc a l 17 ( the

“ U ni on” ) s e e ks r e vi e w of af i na l or de rof

the N a t i ona l L aborR e l a t i ons B oa r d ( the

“ B oa r d” ) di s m i s s i ng the U ni on' s unf a i rl aborpr a c t i c e c ha r ge s a ga i ns tB l ue D i am on d G row er s ( the “ C om pany”) . T he U ni on al l eges thatthe C om pany fi re d tw o e m pl oy e e s f

orthe i runi on a c t i vi ty , i n vi ol a t i on of S e c t i ons 8( a ) ( 1) a nd 8( a ) ( 3) of the N a t i ona l L aborR e l a t i ons A c t , 29 U . S . C . §§ 158( a ) ( 1) a nd ( 3) , a nd tha tthe B o a r d 's d e c is io n d is m is s in g th e c h a r g e s is n o t s u p p o rte d b ys u b s ta n tia l e v id e n c e . W e h av e ju risd icti o n p u rs u an t t o 2 9 U .S .C . § 1 6 0 (f ) a n d w e a ff

irm th e B o ar d ’s d e c is io n . B e c aus e the pa rt i e s a r e f a m i l i a rw i th the f

a c tua l a nd pr oc e dur a l hi s t oryof thi s c as e, w e nee d n otre coun ti there . T he U ni on fi rs tar gu es thatthe B oard err ed in f a ilin g to r e m a n d to th e A d m in is tr a tiv e L a w J u d g e ( “A L J ” ) to m a k e s p e c if ic c r e d ib ilityf

in d in g s . W h ile f

a ilu r e to m a k e m o r e th a n b o ile rp la te c o m m e n ts r e ga r di ng ove r a l l w i tne s s c r e di bi l i tym a ybe gr ounds f orove rturni ng orr e m a ndi ng an A L J’ s dec i si on , re m and i s perm i ss i ve, no tm andat ory, and w e gi ve great d e f e r e n c e to th e A L J ’s c r e d ib ilityd e te rm in a tio n s . Se e Re t le w B r o a d. Co . v . NL RB , 53 F . 3d 1002, 1006 ( 9th C i r . 1995) . H e r e , the A L Je xpl a i ne d tha tw he r e a ny t e s t i m ony c onf

l i c t e d w i th hi s f

i ndi ngs , s uc h t e s t i m ony ha d be e n di s c r e di t e d. T he B o a r d d id n o t e rrb y f

a ilin g to r e m a n d .W e c anno tsay thatthe B oard’ s dec i si on thatthe C om pany w ou l d h ave f i re d the e m pl oy e e s e ve n i n the abs e nc e of the i runi on a c t i vi tyw a s uns upport e d by s u b s ta n tia l e v id e n c e in th e r e c o r d a s aw h o le , a n d w e th e r e f o r e a f f irm . See 29 U . S . C . § 1 60 (e ); Ca l. Pa c . Me d. Ctr . v . NL RB , 8 7 F .3 d3 0 4 , 3 0 7 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 6 ) . T h e C o m p a n y m a in ta in e d am is ap p r o p r ia tio n ru le th a t it h a d ap p lie d in th e p a s t to tra sh i n the du m pst er , and i thad i nform ed em pl oyee s thatperm i ss i on w as re qu i re d to r e m o v e ite m s f

r o m th e tr a s h . W e w ill n o t r e v e r s e th e B o a r d ’s d e c is io n s im p ly be c aus e the r e i s e vi de nc e t o the c ontr a ry , orbe c aus e w e w oul d ha ve de c i de d the c a s e d if f e r e n tlyo n ad e n o v o r e v ie w . Se e Un i v e rs a l Ca me r a Co r

p . v . NL RB , 340 U .S . 4 7 4 , 4 8 8 ( 1 9 5 1 ) ; SK S D i e Cas t i ng & M

ac hi ni ng , I

n c . v . NL RB , 941 F . 2d 984, 9 8 8 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 1 ) . AF F I RME D.