Death by textualism: the NLRB's "incidental to patient care" supervisory status test for charge nurses.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .................................... 576 I. Development of the "Incidental to Patient Care" Test 578 A. Supervisory Status Under the National Labor Relations Act ............................ 579 B. Emergence of the "Incidental to Patient Care" Test ................................... 583 C. NLRA Amendments of 1974 ................. 587 D. The Rise of the "Incidental to Patient Care" Test 589 E. Application of the "Incidental to Patient Care" Test to Licensed Practical Nurses .............. 592 F Courts' Acceptance of the NLRB's "Incidental to Patient Care" Test ......................... 594 II. The Sixth Circuit's Disenchantment with the "Incidental to Patient Care" Test ................. 596 A. Pre-Health Care Cases ....................... 596 B. NURB v. Health Care & Retirement Corp. of America .. 598 III. The Supreme Court's Ruling in Health Care ......... 599 A. Justice Kennedy's Majority Opinion ............ 599 B. Justice Ginsburg's Dissent ................... 602