482 U.S. 522 (1987) Cited 615 times 31 Legal Analyses
Holding that "the Hague Convention did not deprive the District Court of the jurisdiction it would otherwise possess to order a foreign national party before it to produce evidence physically located within a signatory nation"
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."
369 U.S. 736 (1962) Cited 710 times 29 Legal Analyses
Holding that "an employer's unilateral change in conditions of employment under negotiation" is a violation of the National Labor Relations Act because "it is a circumvention of the duty to negotiate"
Finding that while " district courts may separate and certify certain issues for class treatment, the ‘ subclass' on each issue still must independently meet all the requirements of [Rule 23]"
Finding the local action doctrine inapplicable to a property damage claim arising from asbestos removal, which did not affect title or possession of the real estate