International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 474, Afl-Cio, Petitioner v. National Labor Relations Board

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• striking down the NLRB's ruling that the legislative history of the 1974 amendments to the NLRA gave it no choice but to adopt a \disparity of interest\ standard that would likely result in no more than three bargaining units in health care facilities
• while committee report may be used to interpret unclear statutory language, it “cannot serve as an independent statutory source having the force of law ”
• while committee report may be used to interpret unclear statutory language, it \cannot serve as an independent statutory source having the force of law \
• “[C]ourts have no authority to enforce alleged principles gleaned solely from legislative history that has no statutory reference point.”
• “Although legislative history may give meaning to ambiguous statutory provisions, courts have no authority to enforce alleged principles gleaned solely from legislative history that has no statutory reference point.” (emphasis in original)

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