Butz v. Economou

Holding that ALJs are entitled to absolute immunity from suit for damages stemming from official acts because they are "functionally comparable" to judges

Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

Holding litigants immune from an antitrust claim under Noerr-Pennington immunity

Federal Maritime Comm'n v. South Carolina Ports A.

Holding that Congress may not use "Article I powers to create court-like administrative tribunals where sovereign immunity does not apply"

Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Holding that the NLRB could not bar an employer from pursuing a well-grounded lawsuit for damages under state law

BEK CONSTR. CO. v. NLRB

Holding that the First Amendment right to petition the government extends to the courts

Lechmere, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Holding that Board erred in finding that employer should have allowed union on its premises because it had no other way to reach its target audience, inasmuch as in reaching its decision the Board misconstrued prior Supreme Court precedent

Machinists Local v. Labor Board

Holding that “a finding of violation which is inescapably grounded on events predating the limitations period” is untimely

Labor Board v. Babcock Wilcox Co.

Holding that the Board could not require an employer to allow non-employee union representatives to enter the employer's parking lot

Esmark, Inc. v. N.L.R.B

Finding "direct participation" theory of liability "limited to situations in which the parent corporation's control over the particular transactions is exercised in disregard of the separate corporate identity of the subsidiary"

Pan-American Life v. Cypress Fairbanks

Section 153 - National Labor Relations Board

Establishing National Labor Relations Board with an explicit removal limitation