Task: songer_method

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to determine the nature of the proceeding in the court of appeals for the case, that is, the legal history of the case, indicating whether there had been prior appellate court proceeding on the same case prior to the decision currently coded. Assume that the case had been decided by the panel for the first time if there was no indication to the contrary in the opinion. The opinion usually, but not always, explicitly indicates when a decision was made "en banc" (though the spelling of "en banc" varies). However, if more than 3 judges were listed as participating in the decision, code the decision as enbanc even if there was no explicit description of the proceeding as en banc.

ORDER
This case is before the Court upon application of the National Labor Relations Board pursuant to Section 10(e) of the National Labor Relations Act, (29 U.S.C. Sec. 151 et seq.) for enforcement of its order issued against Ronald Hackenberger, doing business as Ron’s Trucking Service, and finding that the defendant company had violated Sec. 8(a)(3) and (1) of the Act by discharging employee, William Brown, because of his protected union activities in conducting a campaign among his fellow employees to organize support for representation by the union. The Board’s decision and order are reported at 217 NLRB No. 128.
Upon an examination of the record, and upon consideration of the briefs and oral arguments, we are of the opinion that the Board’s findings that the company violated Sec. 8(a)(3) and (1) of the Act in discharging employee, William Brown, are supported by substantial evidence.
The Board’s determination cannot be overruled on the basis of the Administrative Law Judge’s refusal to grant the company’s motion for a continuance of the hearing. Whether or not a continuance should be granted is a matter which lies within the Board’s discretion and absent a showing of clear abuse of discretion by the Board and prejudice to the moving party, its refusal to grant the continuance will not be disturbed. National Labor Relations Board v. Rawac Plating Company, 422 F.2d 1259, 1261 (6th Cir. 1970). It is strenuously argued by the company that the Board erred in denying the company’s motion for discovery pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This contention on the part of the company must be rejected on the basis of our recent ruling in National Labor Relations Board v. Valley Mold Company, Inc., 530 F.2d 693, decided February 17, 1976, No. 75-1292. In that case this Court held that the National Labor Relations Act “does not require the Board to follow the discovery procedures set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.” As further held in that case:
. Since there is no specific provision in the Act for discovery procedures, it is the responsibility of the Board, so long as it conforms to the requirements of due process, to formulate its own rules as to when discovery is available to a party.
It is therefore ordered and adjudged that the Board’s order of May 2, 1975, be enforced in full in accordance with its terms.

Question: What is the nature of the proceeding in the court of appeals for this case?
A. decided by panel for first time (no indication of re-hearing or remand)
B. decided by panel after re-hearing (second time this case has been heard by this same panel)
C. decided by panel after remand from Supreme Court
D. decided by court en banc, after single panel decision
E. decided by court en banc, after multiple panel decisions
F. decided by court en banc, no prior panel decisions
G. decided by panel after remand to lower court
H. other
I. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: F