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."
Holding that the employer's conduct effectively derailed contract negotiations, thereby prolonging the economic strike and converting it into an unfair labor practice strike