Court Opinion

ID: 9496529
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Date Created: 2023-08-05 16:29:00.093574+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:57:38.231556
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RIPPLE, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
In my view, the outcome determinative factor in this case, as in so many NLRB matters, is the applicable standard of review. There is certainly evidence of record to support either view in this close case. In such situations, Congress has vested in the Board the responsibility to utilize its expertise in labor-management relations and to assess the record as a whole in making a determination as to whether there has been a violation of the Act. See Beth Israel Hosp. v. NLRB, 437 U.S. 483, 501, 98 S.Ct. 2463, 57 L.Ed.2d 370 (1978); U.S. Marine Corp. v. NLRB, 944 F.2d 1305, 1314 (7th Cir.1990) (en banc). In this case, the Board performed that function and, in the process, made crucial credibility judgments. I believe that, under the standard of review, the record supports the Board’s determination, and I therefore would enforce the Board’s order. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.