521 U.S. 591 (1997) Cited 7,071 times 69 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts are "bound to enforce" Rule 23's certification requirements, even where it means decertifying a class after they had reached a settlement agreement and submitted it to the court for approval
340 U.S. 474 (1951) Cited 9,642 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that court may not "displace the Board's choice between two fairly conflicting views, even though the court would justifiably have made a different choice had the matter been before it de novo "
487 U.S. 977 (1988) Cited 1,397 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiff has burden to show that a particular employment practice "caused the exclusion of applicants for jobs or promotions because of their membership in a protected group"
401 U.S. 424 (1971) Cited 2,774 times 35 Legal Analyses
Holding that ยง 703(h) does not protect use of testing requirements with a disparate impact on racial minorities where the tests were not shown to be related to job performance
456 U.S. 273 (1982) Cited 1,622 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[w]hen an appellate court discerns that a district court has failed to make a finding because of an erroneous view of the law, the usual rule is that there should be a remand for further proceedings to permit the trial court to make the missing findings"
490 U.S. 642 (1989) Cited 987 times 20 Legal Analyses
Holding causation was not demonstrated because plaintiffs had not disproved the possibility that the overrepresentation of minority workers in lower-paying cannery positions was caused by the company's contract with a predominantly non-White labor union
In Kent-Chojnicki v. Runyon, 180 F.R.D. 237 (W.D.N.Y. 1998), postal service employees alleged that the postal service violated the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. ยง 701, after they suffered work related injuries resulting in partial disability.