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."
Vacating restoration order where Board gave no "explanation of its authority to enter such order or [the company's] ability to carry it out," and where order seemed to require "forced repurchase of independently owned assets"