National Labor Relations Board v. Lawley, 12705.
| Decision Date | 07 June 1950 |
| Docket Number | No. 12705.,12705. |
| Citation | 182 F.2d 798 |
| Parties | NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. LAWLEY et al. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
M. A. Prowell, Special Counsel, N.L.R.B., Atlanta, Ga., A. Norman Somers, Assistant General Counsel, N.L.R.B., Washington, D. C., for petitioner.
Frank Embry, Pell City, Ala., for respondents.
Before HOLMES, WALLER, and BORAH, Circuit Judges.
This is a proceeding in civil contempt. On Dec. 10, 1948, the petitioner and respondents consented to the entry of a decree by this court enforcing an order of the National Labor Relations Board, requiring the respondents to bargain with the International Woodworkers of America, to offer reinstatement to twenty named employees, and to pay to each of said employees a specified sum found to be owing them by the Board because of respondents' discrimination against them. The petition to have respondents adjudged in civil contempt alleges that respondents have disobeyed the decree entered by this court on March 4, 1949, in that they have not paid to any of the employees any part of the sums which they were commanded to pay. A rule to show cause was issued, and the respondents filed a motion in this court to dismiss the petition on the ground that the petitioner was without authority to maintain the proceedings because a labor organization, known as the International Woodworkers of America, was not the representative of the parties named in the petition; but that question and issues presented by the petition are moot.
Without waiving its motion to dismiss, the respondents answered the petition, denying that they had failed and refused to obey the provisions of the decree, and alleging that they had in good faith complied with the court's decree. In support of their position, they filed affidavits showing that twelve of the employees had received checks and had endorsed them back to respondents, but the evidence does not convince us that the endorsement and redelivery of these checks was a free and uncoerced act of these employees. Photostatic copies of the checks have been supplied us. In reply to respondents' answer, the petitioner filed affidavits showing that none of the employees received any part of the proceeds of the checks and that respondents have not paid eight of the named employees anything, but offered to deliver them checks for the amount due them only on the condition that the Board agree that delivery thereof would satisfy all of respondents' obligations for the payment of money under the court decree and constitute full compliance on its part. The Board refused...
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