313 U.S. 409 (1941) Cited 852 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Secretary of Agriculture should not have been ordered to testify "regarding the process by which he reached the conclusions of his [stockyard market rate-setting] order, including the manner and extent of his study of the record and his consultation with subordinates"
321 U.S. 332 (1944) Cited 457 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that the result of a collective bargaining agreement is not "a contract of employment except in rare cases; no one has a job by reason of it and no obligation to any individual ordinarily comes into existence from it alone"
309 U.S. 350 (1940) Cited 315 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that requiring employees to sign individual contracts waiving their rights to self-organization and collective bargaining violates § 8 of the NLRA
Holding that a hearing examiner's prior adverse ruling did not prevent him from adjudicating the same case on retrial even though the examiner's initial decision had been reversed for improper exclusion of evidence