Opinion · Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Bandlow v. Rothman

278 F.2d 866

Type
Opinion
Court
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1960-03-31
Topic
general

PER CURIAM. Appellants asked the District Court to require the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board to issue a complaint charging unfair labor practices. They also sought to compel the Board to set aside the General Counsel’s refusal. This appeal is from an order dismissing the complaint on the grounds that the District Court had no jurisdiction of the subject matter and that the complaint failed to state a claim on which relief could be granted. The court was clearly right.

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BANDLOW v. ROTHMAN,278 F.2d 866(D.C. Cir. 1960)
William F. BANDLOW and Karl Sorenson, Appellants, v. Stuart ROTHMAN et
al., individually and as General Counsel, Chairman and Members,
respectively, of and constituting the National Labor Relations Board,
Appellees.
No. 15279.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued March 10, 1960.
Decided March 31, 1960.
Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied June 29, 1960.
Mr. Karl M. Dollak, Bethesda, Md., for appellants.

Mr. Duane B. Beeson, Atty., N.L.R.B., of the bar of the Supreme Court of California, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Messrs. Thomas J. McDermott, Associate Gen. Counsel, N.L.R.B., and Marcel Mallet-Prevost, Asst. Gen. Counsel, N.L.R.B., were on the brief, for appellees.

Mr. Richard J. Scupi, Atty., N.L.R.B., also entered an appearance for appellees.
Before EDGERTON, BAZELON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Appellants asked the District Court to require the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board to issue a complaint charging unfair labor practices. They also sought to compel the Board to set aside the General Counsel's refusal. This appeal is from an order dismissing the complaint on the grounds that the District Court had no jurisdiction of the subject matter and that the complaint failed to state a claim on which relief could be granted. The court was clearly right. It "has no power to order the General Counsel to issue a complaint and no power to require the Board to issue an order in a matter which is not before the Board." Hourihan v. National Labor Relations Board, 91 U.S.App. D.C. 316, 317,201 F.2d 187,188, certiorari denied345 U.S. 930,73 S.Ct. 792,97 L.Ed. 1359.

Affirmed.Page 867