Textile Workers v. Darlington Manufacturing Co.
1965 United States Supreme Court case
Textile Workers v. Darlington Manufacturing Co., 380 U.S. 263 (1965), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held:
1. It is not an unfair labor practice for an employer to close his entire business, even if the closing is due to anti-union animus. Pp. 380 U. S. 269-274.
2. Closing part of a business is an unfair labor practice under § 8(a)(3) of the Act if the purpose is to discourage unionism in any of the employer's remaining plants and if the employer may reasonably have foreseen such effect. Pp. 380 U. S. 274-275.
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