512 U.S. 821 (1994) Cited 1,431 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that a court's imposition of a fine is punitive if the contemnor has no opportunity to purge it through some action other than full payment once imposed
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."
476 U.S. 380 (1986) Cited 319 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that where "a state court . . . ha no subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate the issue . . ., any judgment issued by the state court will be void ab initio"