UNITED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS,
v.
ARNOLD ORDMAN ET AL., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS

2d Cir. | 1966-09-23
Nos. 13, Docket 29879
366 F.2d 776 United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1966) Positive Treatment
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Holding

District courts cannot review the General Counsel's discretion in issuing unfair labor practice complaints.


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Appellants filed unfair labor practice charges, but the General Counsel declined to issue complaints. Plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment and inj…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Appellants filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board. The General Counsel of the Board declined to issue complaints upon the charges. Plaintiffs instituted an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the General Counsel and the members of the Board seeking there a declaratory judgment setting forth plaintiffs’ rights under the Labor Management Relations Act as charging parties whose charges did not result in the filing of NLRB complaints, and further seeking a mandatory injunction to compel the General Counsel to issue unfair labor practice complaints on their charges.

The defendants-appellees moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the court was without jurisdiction over the subject matter. The court below granted the motion and this appeal followed.

We agree with the court below that upon petitions for a declaration of rights by disappointed charging parties the district courts may not review the day-today exercise of the discretion given to the General Counsel in the issuance of Board unfair labor practice complaints, and we affirm the result reached below. The opinion of the district court is reported at 51 CCH Lab.Cas. jf 19,761 (p. 33,949) (1965).


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