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."
Interpreting similar language in 29 C.F.R. § 101.10 as meaning "that the Board's procedures are to be controlled by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as far as practicable" (cleaned up)
Granting enforcement of an NLRB order to an employer to cease and desist from unfair labor practices, including failing to make certain contractual payments after a CBA's expiration, and noting that "[a]n employer may not make changes in the terms and conditions of employment reflected in an expired [CBA; i]nstead, the employer must maintain the status quo after the expiration of a [CBA] until a new agreement is reached or until the parties bargain in good faith to impasse"