519 U.S. 172 (1997) Cited 3,163 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that the district court had abused its discretion in admitting the record of conviction when the defendant in that case offered to stipulate to a prior felony conviction
Holding that the pre-revision language of section 924(c) required stacking mandatory minimums even for "second or subsequent" offenses charged in the same case
487 U.S. 735 (1988) Cited 277 times 44 Legal Analyses
Holding that non-members could not be charged "to support union activities beyond those germane to collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment"
Holding that an amendment to governing law allowing timber harvesting in old growth forest under certain conditions and providing that compliance with those conditions would satisfy the statutory requirements at issue in two existing cases "compelled changes in law, not findings or results under old law"
In N.L.R.B. v. Indiana Michigan Electric Co., 318 U.S. 9, at page 28, 63 S.Ct. 394, at page 405, 87 L.Ed. 579, the Supreme Court stated the general fundamental principles with respect to findings of fact by the Board, saying that the reviewing court is given discretion to see that before a party's rights are foreclosed his case has been fairly heard, and "Findings cannot be said to have been fairly reached unless material evidence which might impeach, as well as that which will support, its findings, is heard and weighed."
Noting that inferences drawn from expertise may "reduce the weight of evidence necessary to impute knowledge ... but ... do not wholly eliminate the need for evidence"
Noting that, "[b]ecause affirmative bargaining orders interfere with the employee free choice that is a core principle of the Act," we "view them with suspicion" and demand special justification for them
Holding that an employer may overcome an unfair labor practice charge if it can show that the employee would have been discharged in the absence of union activity