McCatron

National Labor Relations Board v. McCatron

Good Law
216 F.2d 212·35 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2012
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 13, 1954No. 14166California2,095 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Orr, J.

Price Valley Lumber Company and Idaho Pine Moulding Company are partnerships. Price Valley has its principal office in Tamarack, Idaho, and engages in the business of logging, and the operation of a sawmill and a planing mill. Idaho Pine is a small operation in which the major partners in Price Valley own a half interest. It was organized for the purpose of salvaging some profit from the “edgings” which are a by-product of the Price Valley mill operations through the manufacture of mouldings. Idaho Pine operates in a separate building on the Price Valley premises. It has three employees, two of whom work in the Price Valley planing mill. Its books are kept by a Price Valley employee and its pay cheeks are drawn on Price Valley. Idaho Pine receives all its power and raw materials from Price Valley. During the period relevant to this case a common *214 control of labor relations existed between the two partnerships. The National Labor Relations Board decided that the two partnerships should be treated as one employer within the meaning of § 2(2) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 152 (2), hereafter the Act. The Board’s ruling in this regard is correct and it properly…

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