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NLRB v. HENDRICKS CTY. RURAL ELECTRIC CORP.

No. 80-885.

454 U.S. 170 (1981)

102 S.Ct. 216

70 L.Ed.2d 323

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. HENDRICKS COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 2, 1981

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Wallace argued the cause for petitioner in No. 80-885 and respondent in No. 80-1103. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, former Solicitor General McCree, Barry Sullivan, Norton J. Come, and Linda Sher.

Warren D. Krebs argued the cause and filed a brief for Hendricks Rural Electric Membership Corp., respondent in No. 80-885 and petitioner in No. 80-1103. Russ R. Mueller argued the cause and filed a brief for Malleable Iron Range Co., respondent in No. 80-885.†

JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented is whether an employee who, in the course of his employment, may have access to information considered confidential by his employer is impliedly excluded from the definition of "employee" in § 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act and denied all protections under the Act.1

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