Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc.

Holding parties' legal theories not binding on Court, which "retains the independent power to identify and apply the proper construction of governing law"

Fibreboard Corp. v. Labor Board

Holding that the "contracting out" of work traditionally performed by bargaining unit employees is a mandatory subject of bargaining under the NLRA

Labor Board v. Katz

Holding that "an employer's unilateral change in conditions of employment under negotiation" is a violation of the National Labor Relations Act because "it is a circumvention of the duty to negotiate"

Metropolitan Edison Co. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Holding that a union may, under certain circumstances, waive members' NLRA rights

First National Maintenance Corp. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Holding that an employer has no duty to bargain over a decision to shut down part of its business purely for economic reasons

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Fleetwood Trailer Co.

In Fleetwood Trailer, 389 U.S. 375, 88 S.Ct. 543, the Supreme Court was required to determine whether the employer violated the Act when it hired six new employees who had not previously worked for the company instead of six former strikers who had applied for reinstatement.

Labor Board v. Mackay Co.

Holding that an employer may replace striking workers with others to carry on business so long as the employer is not guilty of unfair labor practices

Neo Gen Screening, Inc. v. New England Newborn Screening Program

N.L.R.B. v. U.S. Postal Service

Upholding postal service's exercise of contractual right to reduce employees' hours in response to budget reduction

United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, Local 150-A v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Holding that a district court may not certify a class without ruling that each Rule 23 requirement is met, even if a requirement overlaps with a merits issue