Vaca v. Sipes

Holding that, under the LMRA, an "individual employee has absolute right to have his grievance taken to arbitration regardless of the provisions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement"

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Holding that FOIA does not compel agencies to write or create material to explain disclosed documents

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23

Holding that a federal court has no authority to review a decision of the NLRB's General Counsel dismissing an unfair labor practice complaint pursuant to an informal settlement in which the charging party refused to join

Holmberg v. Armbrecht

Holding that Erie does not require federal courts to apply state tolling doctrines to federal causes of action

Radio Union v. Broadcast Serv

Holding that two entities were a single employer and therefore that their gross receipts could be totaled together to establish jurisdiction under the National Labor Relations Act

Hohri v. United States

Holding that provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1986, "by their terms, do not apply to actions against the United States"

Hobson v. Wilson

Holding that actual notice requires "awareness of sufficient facts to identify a particular cause of action" and "to file suit"

Zollo Drum Co. v. B.F. Goodrich Co.

Applying federal common law and the "substantial continuity" test

Hadges v. Yonkers Racing Corp.

Brennan v. Hobson

Section 1001 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy

Noting that ERISA was enacted “to protect ... employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries”

Section 185 - Suits by and against labor organizations

Granting federal district courts jurisdiction over breach of contract claims arising out of collective bargaining contracts

Section 153 - National Labor Relations Board

Establishing National Labor Relations Board with an explicit removal limitation