Opinion ID: 5904
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Mendenhall, Mississippi Records

Text: In addition to its processing plant located in Edwards, Mississippi, Cal-Maine also has an office in Mendenhall, Mississippi, where Cal-Maine contracts with local egg farmers and receives deliveries from them that are shipped to Cal-Maine's various processing plants. Cal-Maine does not dispute that until April 1, 1988, eggs procured from outside sources in Mendenhall were transported to the Edwards plant. At the original hearing in May 1989, Cal-Maine introduced the Mendenhall facility's shipping log through December 31, 1988, purporting to show no shipments to the Edwards plant after March 31, 1988. In addition, Cal-Maine introduced partial receiving logs for the Edwards plant, which did not record any Mendenhall receipts after April 1, 1988. One of Cal-Maine's witnesses, packing plant manager James King, stated that he could not recall how Mendenhall receipts were recorded, but speculated that they were listed in a separate outside log, which was not offered into evidence. After the ALJ noted in its initial decision that the records introduced were incomplete and therefore unreliable, Cal-Maine, at the second hearing, introduced one page, dated April 1, 1988, purporting to be part of the outside log. The document contained no references to egg receipts from outside sources. The ALJ again discredited the purported log and the NLRB agreed, holding that the proffer of the record from only one date does not inspire confidence that the records submitted in this proceeding are reliable evidence that all outside deliveries ceased on April 1, 1988. We have examined the various records and concur with the conclusions reached by the ALJ and NLRB.