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COLGATE CO. v. LABOR BOARD

No. 47.

338 U.S. 355 (1949)

70 S.Ct. 166

94 L.Ed. 161

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE-PEET CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ricardo J. Hecht argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Philip S. Ehrlich and Bartley C. Crum.

Ruth Weyand argued the cause for the National Labor Relations Board, respondent. With her on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Robert N. Denham, David P. Findling, Marcel Mallet-Prevost and Bernard Dunau.

Mathew O. Tobriner filed a brief for the International Chemical Workers Union, A. F. of L., respondent.

MR. JUSTICE MINTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question we have here is whether a closed-shop contract, entered into and performed in good faith, and valid in the state where made, protects an employer from a charge of unfair labor practices under the National Labor Relations Act.1

Petitioner was found by the National Labor Relations Board to have violated § 8 (1) and 8 (3) of the Act.2

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