386 U.S. 171 (1967) Cited 4,209 times 2 Legal Analyses
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"
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."
Affirming the district court's action of granting a new trial “because the jury was improperly instructed on the question of liability and reached their decision under an incomplete theory of law”
Holding that, in the context of selective discipline, "the Board should not attempt . . . to meddle with the legitimate products of the collective bargaining process"