APPENDIX C.-National Labor Relations Board, Division of Trial Examiners, hearings closed Mar. 15, through Mar. 30, 1951 APPENDIX D-CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS INITIATED OR CONCLUDED IN THE COURTS OF APPEALS SINCE JANUARY 1, 1950 1. Weirton Steel Co. (third circuit). May 18, 1943: Enforcement decree entered. December 22, 1944: Court issued decision that special master be ap pointed. January 17, 1945: Court entered order appointing special master. March 1945 to August 1947: Hearings conducted before special master, with a number of recesses during hearings. February 1, 1950: Special master issued report. APPENDIX D-CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS INITIATED OR CONCLUDED IN THE COURTS OF APPEALS SINCE JANUARY 1, 1950-Continued 1. Weirton Steel Co. (third circuit)-Continued February 21, 1950: Court entered order directing that report to special master stand confirmed unless exceptions thereto are filed. Subsequently exceptions were filed. June 12, 15, and 16, 1950: Argument before court. July 28, 1950: Court entered order adjudging respondent in contempt. 2. Berkley Machine Works & Foundry Co., Inc. (fourth circuit) July 20, 1946: Enforcement decree entered. August 20, 1946: Court issued mandate. September 24, 1949: Petition in contempt and proposed order to show cause filed. October 14, 1949: Application for order to show cause argued before November 8, 1949: Court entered order appointing special master. November 17, 1950: Master issued report finding respondent not in con- April 2, 1951: Argument before court on petition and master's report. 3. Corsicana Cotton Mills (fifth circuit) April 1, 1948: Enforcement decree entered. May 7, 1949: Petition in contempt filed in court. August 16, 1949: Court issued opinion deferring action on refusal to bargain count of contempt petition pending further negotiations between company and union. December 9, 1949: Court deferred further action until January 1950. January 26, 1950: Court issued decision finding respondent not guilty of contempt. 4. O. H. Lawley, doing business as Coal City Cooperage Co. (fifth circuit) March 4, 1949: Enforcement decree entered. April 12, 1950: Filed petition in civil and criminal contempt and proposed orders to show cause. Court issued order to show cause in civil contempt but refused to issue order to show cause in criminal contempt. May 15, 1950: Civil contempt petition argued before court. June 7, 1950: Court issued decision adjudging respondent in civil con tempt. 5. The Todd Co., Inc. (second circuit) April 19, 1949: Enforcement decree entered. June 5, 1950: Petition in civil and criminal contempt filed. Court issued order to show cause. June 19, 1950: Argument before court. June 27, 1950: Court entered order adjudging respondent in civil contempt and dismissing criminal contempt petition. July 7, 1950: Court entered order, on application by respondent, staying enforcement of contempt order pending certiorari to Supreme Court. August 11, 1950: Respondent filed petition for certiorari. October 23, 1950: Supreme Court denied certiorari. 6. Charles de Guire, doing business as Monument Peak Logging Co. (ninth circuit) April 27, 1949: Enforcement decree entered. October 9, 1950: Contempt petition and proposed order to show cause filed. October 20, 1950: Court issued order to show cause. December 11, 1950: Argument before court. December 13, 1950: Court entered order referring matter to special master. January 25 and 26, 1951: Hearing conducted before special master and then adjourned without date to permit respondent to comply with decree. Respondent has since complied in part and is negotiating with region on steps to be taken to effect full compliance. APPENDIX D-CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS INITIATED OR CONCLUDED IN THE COURTS OF APPEALS SINCE JANUARY 1, 1950-Continued 7. Republican Publishing Co., et al. (first circuit) May 12, 1949: Enforcement decree entered. February 11, 1950: Filed contempt petition and proposed order to show cause. February 20, 1950: Court issued order to show cause. March 7, 1950: Argued before court. March 16, 1950: Court issued decision and decree adjudicating respondents in contempt. 8. National Plastic Products Co., Inc. (fourth circuit) June 1, 1949: Enforcement decree entered. July 5, 1949: Respondents' petition for rehearing denied. April 15, 1950: Filed contempt petition and proposed order to show cause. April 20, 1950: Argued before court on application for order to show cause. April 21, 1950: Court issued order to show cause. Thereafter and prior to argument before court, respondent complied. June 27, 1950: Hearing before court. June 29, 1950: Court entered order dismissing petition because respondent had complied. 9. Star Metal Manufacturing Co., Inc. (the third circuit) June 29, 1949: Enforcement decree entered. December 8, 1949: Filed petition in civil and criminal contempt and proposed order to show cause. December 11, 1949: Court issued order to show cause. January 5, 1951: Argument and trial before court. Respondents found guilty of civil and criminal contempt. March 6, 1951: Court entered decree adjudging respondents in civil and criminal contempt. 10. Gibson County Electric Membership Corp. (sixth circuit): October 18, 1949: Court issued decision enforcing Board order. May 15, 1950: Contempt petition and proposed order to show cause filed. October 3, 1950: Court entered order permitting withdrawal of petition. 11. Manuel Rico (ninth circuit): December 20, 1949: Enforcement decree entered. May 1, 1950: Filed contempt petition. May 24, 1950: Court entered order adjudging respondent in contempt. 12. Retail Clerks International Association, et al. (ninth circuit): January 14, 1950: Enforcement decree entered. May 18, 1950: Filed contempt petition; court issued order to show cause. January 2, 1951: Court entered order remanding case to the Board for The case is presently pending before the Board on the remand. 13. Taylor Manufacturing Co., Inc. (sixth circuit): October 19, 1950: Enforcement decree entered. November 15, 1950: Court issued mandate on above decree. February 16, 1951: Filed contempt petition and proposed order to show cause. April 2, 1951: Placed on court calendar but because respondent's answer was not on file in clerk's office, it was decided to withhold submission of matter to court pending filing of such answer. Thereafter, respondent filed answer alleging financial inability to comply. April 10, 1951: Filed a motion for discovery and inspection and for depositions. Court requested to hold in abeyance all other proceedings pending such discovery and inspection and deposition. April 30, 1951: Court entered order directing that respondent file a financial statement and that, pending such filing, the petition be held in abeyance. The Board presently is awaiting the financial statement. APPENDIX D-CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS INITIATED OR CONCLUDED IN THE COURTS OF APPEALS SINCE JANUARY 1, 1950-Continued 14. S. W. Dixon, doing business as U. S. Trailer Manufacturing Co. (eighth circuit): November 22, 1950: Enforcement decree entered. April 26, 1950: In view of respondent's contention of financial inability to comply, filed motion for discovery and inspection and for deposition. May 4, 1950: Motion returnable before court. Court directed that motion will be held in abeyance to permit respondents to file papers in opposition thereto. APPENDIX E ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS, Mr. JACK BARBASH, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Labor and Labor-Management Relations, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. BARBASH: We have now completed a compilation of information with reference to the time intervals in National Labor Relations Board cases coming before the circuit courts, requested in your letter to Mr. Chandler of September 27, 1951. In addition to the table showing those intervals we are also enclosing a completed B-4 table showing the intervals in all cases. I hope this will be of some assistance to you in your study. Yours sincerely, WILL SHAFROTH. TABLE B-4.—National Labor Relations Board cases, 1951 |