Today in Supreme Court History: September 21

Sep 20

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McLeod v. General Electric Co., 87 S.Ct. 5 (decided September 21, 1966): Harlan reinstates NLRB decision forcing General Electric to negotiate with electrical workers’ union even though some negotiators also were members of other unions GE was bargaining with on other trades (a business cannot be forced to bargain with more than one union at a time for the same trade)

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