Task: songer_direct1

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision, coded as "liberal" or "conservative". Consider liberal in suits against management, for union, individual worker, or government in suit against management; in government enforcement of labor laws, for the federal government or the validity of federal regulations; in Executive branch vs union or workers, for executive branch; in worker vs union (non-civil rights), for union; in conflicts between rival union, for union which opposed by management and "not ascertained" if neither union supported by management or if unclear; in injured workers or consumers vs management, against management; in other labor issues, for economic underdog if no civil rights issue is present; for support of person claiming denial of civil rights. Consider the directionality to be "mixed" if the directionality of the decision was intermediate to the extremes defined above or if the decision was mixed (e.g., the conviction of defendant in a criminal trial was affirmed on one count but reversed on a second count or if the conviction was afirmed but the sentence was reduced). Consider "not ascertained" if the directionality could not be determined or if the outcome could not be classified according to any conventional outcome standards.

PER CURIAM.
Upon administrative findings that respondents had violated § 8(a)(1) and § 8 (a)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, 29' U.S.C.A. § 158(a) (1, 3), the Board issued its order against respondents in the usual terms, including a requirement that respondents reinstate with back pay three employees found to have been discriminatorily discharged for union activity. The present petition by the Board is for enforcement of this order.
Though the respondents filed elaborate Exceptions to the Trial Examiner’s Intermediate Report, which exceptions the Board overruled in its Decision and Order, respondents offered no- defense in this court to the pending enforcement petition either by way of brief or oral argument.
Upon consideration of the whole record in the case, we are satisfied that the Board’s jurisdiction has been adequately established, and that the Board’s findings of fact, upon which the order was predicated, were supported by substantial evidence. The terms of the remedial order were appropriate and within the discretion confided to the administrative agency.
A decree will be entered enforcing the order of the Board.

Question: What is the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision?
A. conservative
B. liberal
C. mixed
D. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: B