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."
Holding that two entities were a single employer and therefore that their gross receipts could be totaled together to establish jurisdiction under the National Labor Relations Act
425 U.S. 800 (1976) Cited 222 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that appeals court usurped role of NLRB by reversing Board's legal conclusion and proceeding to decide issue of fact that should be decided by Board in the first instance
Holding that employer-employee relationship is determined by power to set wages and hours, coupled with the financial burden of the wages and receipt of the benefits of the work, as well as the absolute power to hire and fire or the power to control all the activities of the worker
Finding that "the frequent interchange of craftsman" between the two companies is "substantial evidence to support" centralized labor relations control
Rejecting the Board's narrow reading of Fibreboard in Ozark Trailers, Inc., 161 NLRB 561, 564-70 that an employer operating two or more plants is obligated to bargain with respect to the closing of one of them