329 U.S. 495 (1947) Cited 6,618 times 31 Legal Analyses
Holding in the context of the work product privilege that the adversary system requires a party's attorney be permitted to “assemble information, sift what he considers to be the relevant from the irrelevant facts, prepare his legal theories and plan his strategy without undue and needless interference”
327 U.S. 251 (1946) Cited 990 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that when the plaintiff cannot prove his damages by precise computation, the jury "may make a just and reasonable estimate of the damage based on relevant data, and render its verdict accordingly"
397 U.S. 99 (1970) Cited 222 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the NLRB is "without power to compel a company or a union to agree to any substantive contractual provision of a collective-bargaining agreement."
Emphasizing that the Board's remedial power "is not limited to the illustrative example of one type of permissible affirmative order," such as backpay, and cautioning that the "particular means by which the effects of unfair labor practices are to be expunged are matters 'for the Board not the courts to determine'" (first citing Phelps Dodge, 313 U.S. at 187, 189; then quoting Machinists, 311 U.S. at 82)
Holding that those injured during the trustee's administration of an estate are entitled to an administrative priority regardless of whether their injury was caused by a tort or other wrongdoing