Court Opinion

ID: 9490476
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 13:44:30.853004+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:54:07.241587
License: Public Domain

RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge,
concurring in the result only.
Because I believe that the result reached in this ease no longer reflects congressional intent, it is with the greatest of reluctance that I concur. But for a presidential veto of amendatory legislation passed by Congress, what Webeor attempted to do here would be viewed against the backdrop of legislation more hospitable to concepts like plant councils.
In a similar vein, gratuitous on my part though it may be, I believe that the Board exceeded its authority when it ordered a new election. There is nothing in the record to indicate that the rejection of the union in the first election represented other than the clear will of a majority of the employees. The Plant Council at issue here was not even formed until after the election.
I realize, of course, that this issue is not now before us, and so I agree that we must enforce the Board’s order.