462 U.S. 393 (1983) Cited 652 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that the employer bears the burden of negating causation in a mixed-motive discrimination case, noting "[i]t is fair that [the employer] bear the risk that the influence of legal and illegal motives cannot be separated."
360 U.S. 301 (1959) Cited 106 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that an untimely allegation of an unlawful unilateral wage increase was sufficiently related to a timely refusal-to-bargain charge, because the wage increase "largely influenced" the Board's finding that an unlawful refusal to bargain had occurred
Holding that reinstatement of discharged employees was appropriate, noting that "the employees remaining at the plant know what happened to the terminated employees, and fear that it will happen to them"
Imputing supervisor's knowledge of employee's union activities to company where supervisor had anti-union animus, but acknowledging that decision-maker admitted he probably knew of employee's union activities