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."
Concluding that "when the entire record is considered there was substantial evidence to support the Board's finding that [employee's] discharge was the result of his having presented a grievance to the management" even though employee was overheard referring to company's superintendent as "the horse's ass" and was thereafter summarily discharged
Characterizing a proposal as made in bad faith because it "would have permitted [the employer] to unilaterally change working conditions whenever it pleased"
Upholding NLRB's determination that unions do not commit unfair labor practices by insisting that employer bargain with mixed-union negotiating committee