462 U.S. 393 (1983) Cited 657 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."
Holding that two entities were a single employer and therefore that their gross receipts could be totaled together to establish jurisdiction under the National Labor Relations Act
Holding that joint employer situation exists only when "two or more employers exert significant control over the same employees . . . [where] they share or co-determine those matters governing essential terms and conditions of employment"
Holding that Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188, and Angel v. Bullington, 330 U.S. 183, 67 S.Ct. 657, 91 L.Ed. 832, "compel us to look to [state] law"
Holding that the district court had power to grant a preliminary injunction under § 13(b) because Congress did not limit the court's inherent equitable powers
Finding a joint employer relationship where the company could "refuse a referral" but also where the company had "exclusive control over the day-to-day activities of the part-time workers who [were] referred to it" including "train[ing], assign[ing] work, and supervis[ing] them."