United States Government

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
Washington, D.C. 20570

October 3, 2017
Honorable Scott S. Harris
Clerk
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20543
RE: National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc, et al.
S.Ct. No. 16-307
Dear Mr. Harris:
I am writing to correct an inaccurate response I gave at oral argument yesterday in response to
the line of questioning from Chief Justice Roberts found at pages 47-50 of the transcript of the
oral argument. My responses, to the extent they indicated any difference from the responses
given by employees' counsel, Mr. Ortiz, to the questions of Chief Justice Roberts found at pages
60-64 of the transcript of the oral argument, were a result of my misunderstanding the Chief
Justice's questions and were inaccurate; Mr. Ortiz correctly stated the Board's position and there
is no disagreement between the Board's and the employees' position on the answers to those
questions.
erely,

Richard F. Griffin Jr.
General Counsel
cc: Neal Kumar Katyal
Daniel Ortiz
Harold C. Becker
Kannon K Shanmugam
Max Folkenflik
Noel Francisco
Paul Clement