Thornhill v. Alabama

Holding that a law is overbroad if it does not aim specifically at evils within the allowable area of control, but sweeps within its ambit other activities that constitute an exercise of First Amendment rights

Labor Board v. Laughlin

Holding that the National Labor Relations Act applied only to interstate commerce, and upholding its constitutionality on that basis

Thomas v. Collins

Holding that a state may regulate labor unions but "[s]uch regulation ... must not trespass upon the domain set apart for ... free assembly"

Labor Board v. Link-Belt Co.

Finding a violation of the Act when a supervisor mistakenly believed an employee was involved with the union and discharged him "because of his alleged union activities"

I.A. of M. v. Labor Board

In International Ass'n of Machinists v. N.L.R.B., 1940, 311 U.S. 72, 61 S.Ct. 83, 85 L. Ed. 50, there had been a long history of management favoritism to the established and hostility to the aspiring union; and in Franks Bros. Co. v. N.L.R.B., 1944, 321 U.S. 702, 703, 64 S.Ct. 817, 818, 88 L.Ed. 1020, the employer had "conducted an aggressive campaign against the Union, even to the extent of threatening to close its factory if the union won the election."

May Stores Co. v. Labor Board

Requiring "a clear determination by the Board of an attitude of opposition to the purposes of the Act to protect the rights of employees generally"

Medo Photo Supply Corp. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Holding that offers of benefits to union supporters that induce them to leave the union violate § 8

Texas N.O.R. Co. v. Ry. Clerks

Finding provision in Railway Labor Act stating that employees' right to designate representatives without interference, influence, or coercion did not violate employer's right to freedom of association

Matter of Sewell Mfg. Co., Inc.

Rejecting PBGC's argument that Section 1341 (c) (B) of ERISA required a debtor to file a plan of reorganization and disclosure statement as a necessary prerequisite to a bankruptcy court's distress termination analysis and recognizing case law holding that "ERISA may not be interpreted so as to confound the clear intentions of the Bankruptcy Code's drafters"

National Labor Rel. Board v. Trojan Powder Co.