499 U.S. 244 (1991) Cited 629 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that the presumption against extraterritorial application of federal statutes prevented an employee fired from work being done in Saudi Arabia from sustaining an anti-discrimination action brought under Title VII
Defining the "high probability" standard of appellate review used to determine the harmlessness of nonconstitutional errors in the admission of evidence
336 U.S. 281 (1949) Cited 249 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that federal Eight Hour Law did not apply overseas where legislative history revealed that Congress was primarily concerned with domestic employment conditions
Holding question whether Fair Labor Standards Act covered employees allegedly engaged in the production of goods for commerce on a leasehold of the United States was not a political question; in reaching this conclusion, the Court made clear it was not second-guessing the Executive's determination regarding the sovereignty of Great Britain over the foreign territory
Finding no dispute as to the "fundamental principle of hornbook agency law" that governed, and applying the "two fairly conflicting views" standard only to the Board's application of the law to the facts
Holding NLRA applied to American labor union who induced Japanese unions to pressure Japanese importers not to import Florida citrus fruit loaded onto ships by nonunion labor because "[t]he boycott here did not aim at altering the terms of foreign crews on foreign-flag vessels"; rather, the object and effect of the conduct was to implement a secondary boycott within the United States
29 U.S.C. § 401 Cited 1,042 times 1 Legal Analyses
Finding that the LMRDA was essential to "afford necessary protection of the rights and interests of employees and the public generally as they relate to the activities of labor organizations . . ."