NESTLE DREYER'S ICE CREAM CO. v. N.L.R.B.

Nos. 14-2222, 14-2339.

821 F.3d 489 (2016)

NESTLE DREYER'S ICE CREAM COMPANY, Petitioner, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent, and International Union of Operating Engineers Local 501, AFLCIO, Intervenor. National Association of Manufacturers; Retail Litigation Center, Inc.; The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Coalition for a Democratic Workplace; International Foodservice Distributors Association; National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors; National Council of Chain Restaurants; National Federation of Independent Business; National Retail Federation; Society for Human Resource Management, Amicus Curiae. National Labor Relations Board, Petitioner, v. Nestle Dreyer's Ice Cream Company, Respondent. National Association of Manufacturers; Retail Litigation Center, Inc.; The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Coalition for a Democratic Workplace; International Foodservice Distributors Association; National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors; National Council of Chain Restaurants; National Federation of Independent Business; National Retail Federation; Society for Human Resource Management, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Bernard J. Bobber , Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent. Gregory P. Lauro , National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C., for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner. Matthew James Ginsburg , AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor. ON BRIEF: Ryan N. Parsons , Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Petitioner/Cross-Respondent. Jennifer Abruzzo , Deputy General Counsel, John H. Ferguson , Associate General Counsel, Linda Dreeben , Deputy Associate General Counsel, Jill A. Griffin , Supervisory Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C., for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner. Brian A. Powers , James B. Coppess , Washington, D.C., for Intervenor. Bernard P. Jeweler , Christopher R. Coxson , Harold P. Coxson , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Washington, D.C.; Linda E. Kelly , Patrick N. Forrest , Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, D.C., for Amicus The National Association of Manufacturers. Deborah White , Retail Litigation Center, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Jason C. Schwartz , Thomas M. Johnson, Jr. , Alexander K. Cox , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Retail Litigation Center, Inc. Mark Theodore , Los Angeles, California, Ronald Meisburg , Joshua F. Alloy , Proskauer Rose, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kate Comerford Todd , Steven P. Lehotsky , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., for Amici Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, International Foodservice Distributors Association, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, National Council of Chain Restaurants, National Federation of Independent Business, National Retail Federation, Society for Human Resource Management, and The Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

Petition for review denied and cross-petition for enforcement granted by published opinion. Judge DIAZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge HARRIS joined.


The National Labor Relations Board certified a collective-bargaining unit consisting of all maintenance employees at an ice-cream production facility operated by Nestle-Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. Dreyer's contends that (1) the Board applied a legal standard that violated the National Labor Relations Act (the "NLRA") and...

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