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 employer committed unfair labor practice by discharging two employees engaged in protected union activity but did not engage in unfair employment practice when it discharged similarly active employee who performed poorly during his probationary period