Opinion ID: 457900
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Heading: Appellate Review of a Board Order

Text: 15 The role of the court of appeals in reviewing a decision of the Board is to determine whether the Board's order is supported by substantial evidence on the record as a whole or whether the Board had misapplied the law. Inter-Collegiate Press, Graphic Arts Division v. NLRB, 486 F.2d 837, 840 (8th Cir.1973), cert. denied, 416 U.S. 938, 94 S.Ct. 1939, 40 L.Ed.2d 288 (1974). 16 Where the NLRB has acted within its power, held a hearing comporting with procedural due process, made findings based on substantial evidence and provided an appropriate remedy, it becomes the duty of the federal circuit courts of appeals, in accordance with the express requirement of Congress, to grant enforcement of the NLRB order. NLRB v. Bradford Dyeing Association, 310 U.S. 318, 342, 60 S.Ct. 918, 930, 84 L.Ed. 1226 (1940). 17 As we said in Royal Typewriter Co. v. NLRB, 533 F.2d 1030, 1035 (8th Cir.1976), 18 Our review under Section 10(e) and (f) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. Sec. 160(e) and (f), is circumscribed by the direction that [t]he findings of the Board with respect to questions of fact if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole shall be conclusive. 29 U.S.C. Sec. 160(e). See Universal Camera Corp. v. NLRB, 340 U.S. 474, 487-88, 71 S.Ct. 456, 464, 95 L.Ed. 456, 467 (1951). The remedy selected by the Board may be set aside only upon a showing of abuse of its broad discretion in its field of specialization. NLRB v. Drapery Manufacturing Co., 425 F.2d 1026, 1029 (8th Cir.1970), and its order should stand unless it can be shown that the order is a patent attempt to achieve ends other than those which can fairly be said to effectuate the policies of the Act. Id. at 1028, quoting Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. NLRB, 319 U.S. 533, 540, 63 S.Ct. 1214, 1218, 87 L.Ed. 1568, 1574 (1943). 19 This court has uniformly adhered to this standard of review. See, e.g., DeQueen General Hospital v. NLRB, 744 F.2d 612 (8th Cir.1984) and NLRB v. Vincent Brass & Aluminum Co., 731 F.2d 564 (8th Cir.1984). 20 The scope of appellate review in this kind of case is limited. The Board may exercise a large measure of informed discretion and a court must accept its determination so long as they have warrant in the record and a reasonable basis in law. Nabisco, Inc. v. NLRB, 738 F.2d 955, 957 (8th Cir.1984), quoting NLRB v. Chem Fab Corp., 691 F.2d 1252, 1256 (8th Cir.1982). We now consider whether the Board's order is supported by substantial evidence on the record as a whole.