Retlaw Broadcasting Co. v. National Labor Relations Board

53 F.3d 1002 149 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2134 , 130 Lab.Cas. P 11,324 , 23 Media L. Rep. 1886 RETLAW BROADCASTING CO., a subsidiary of Retlaw Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a KJEO-TV, Channel 47, Petitioner-Cross-Respondent, v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Respondent-Cross-Petitioner. Nos. 93-70378, 93-70437. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 17, 1994 * . Decided April 26, 1995. Thomas E. Campagne, Fresno, CA, for petitioner-cross-respondent. Lisa Richardson Shearin, N.L.R.B., Washington, DC, for respondent-cross-petitioner. Petition for Review and Cross-Petition for Enforcement of an Order of the National Labor Relations Board. Before: FARRIS, BOOCHEVER, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge: 1 In 1991, Retlaw Broadcasting Company ("Retlaw") fired Gene Haagenson, a weekend on-air anchor at Retlaw's KJEO-TV in Fresno, California, for "unsuitability as an on-air artist," following Haagenson's allegedly deficient coverage of the Oakland fire. Haagenson's union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists ("AFTRA"), filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB"). Over Retlaw's contention that the dispute was subject to…