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379 F.2d 223 N. L. R. B. v. H. W. ELSON BOTTLING COMPANY
Citation: 379 F.2d 223
Neutral citation: 1967 US App (6th) 160
Jurisdiction: Sixth Circuit
Decided: Tue, 27 Jun 1967
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N. L. R. B. v. H. W. ELSON BOTTLING COMPANY 223
N. L. R. B. v. H. W. ELSON BOTTLING COMPANY 223
Cite as 379 F.2d 223 (1967)
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
BOARD, Petitioner,
v.
H. W. ELSON BOTTLING COMPANY,
Respondent.
No. 17089.
United States Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit.
Page 1, 379 F.2d 223, 223
223
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v.
H. W. ELSON BOTTLING COMPANY, Respondent. No. 17089.
United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.
June 27, 1967.
Page 2, 379 F.2d 223, 224
Elliott Moore, N.L.R.B., Washington, D. C, Arnold Ordman, General Counsel, Dominick L. Manoli, Associate General
Counsel, Marcel Mallet-Prevost, Asst. General Counsel, Atty., N.L.E.B., Washington, D. C, on brief, for petitioner.
John S. Williamson, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis., David Leo Uelmen, Goldberg, Previant & Uelmen, Milwaukee, Wis., on brief,
for intervenor.
Walter S. Davis, Milwaukee, Wis., Hoebreckx, Davis & Vergeront, Milwaukee, Wis., of counsel, for respondent.
Before PHILLIPS and EDWAKDS, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
Respondent, the H. W. Elson Bottling Company, operated two small plants for bottling soft drinks. Both plants were in
Michigan's Upper Peninsula'one at Marquette and one at Ishpeming. Between the two plants respondent had
Page 3, 379 F.2d 223, 225
about 23 employees, nine of whom were college students whom the National Labor Relations Board characterized as
"regular part-time employees." At the request of Gerald Ratelle (one of Elson's full-time employees), an organizer for the
Teamster's UnionFootnote 1 came to Marquette, held a meeting at Ratelle's house, and signed up just one less than the
number ultimately found by the Board to be a majority of Elson's emp