Royal Coach Sprinklers

13 Cited authorities

  1. Mt. Healthy City Board of Ed. v. Doyle

    429 U.S. 274 (1977)   Cited 9,194 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding if a plaintiff can show a prima facie case of First Amendment retaliation, the district court should go on to determine whether the defendant has shown "by a preponderance of the evidence that it would have reached the same decision ... even in the absence of the protected conduct"
  2. N.L.R.B. v. Wright Line, a Div. of Wright Line, Inc.

    662 F.2d 899 (1st Cir. 1981)   Cited 358 times   46 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "but for" test applied in a "mixed motive" case under the National Labor Relations Act
  3. Labor Board v. Pittsburgh S.S. Co.

    337 U.S. 656 (1949)   Cited 88 times
    Holding "total rejection of an opposed view cannot of itself impugn the integrity or competence of a trier of fact"
  4. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co., Inc. of Delaware

    651 F.2d 442 (6th Cir. 1981)   Cited 28 times
    In NLRB v. Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co., 651 F.2d 442 (6th Cir. 1981), the court recited the Wright Line test but did not analyze it.
  5. Behring Intern., Inc. v. N.L.R.B

    675 F.2d 83 (3d Cir. 1982)   Cited 24 times
    In Behring International v. NLRB, supra, we held that the Board's rule shifting the burden of proof to the employer to show a legitimate reason for a discharge once a prima facie case had been made out of a discharge for engaging in protected activity was inconsistent with section 10(c) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 160(c) (1976).
  6. N.L.R.B. v. Fixtures Mfg. Corp.

    669 F.2d 547 (8th Cir. 1982)   Cited 20 times
    In NLRB v. Fixtures Manufacturing Corp., 669 F.2d 547 (8th Cir. 1982), the Eighth Circuit rejected the First Circuit's approach and approved the Board's burden-shifting rule as within the latitude it should have in structuring its fact-finding process.
  7. N.L.R.B. v. Webb Ford, Inc.

    689 F.2d 733 (7th Cir. 1982)   Cited 18 times
    Rejecting shifting of burden of persuasion
  8. Zurn Industries, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

    680 F.2d 683 (9th Cir. 1982)   Cited 13 times

    Nos. 81-7219, 81-7331. Argued and Submitted April 7, 1982. Decided July 2, 1982. Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October. 8, 1982. William B. Moore, Ferguson Burdell, Seattle, Wash., for petitioner. Lawrence Blatnik, N.L.R.B., Washington, D.C., argued, for respondent; Andrew F. Tranovich, N.L.R.B., Washington, D.C., on brief. On Petition for Review and Cross-Application for Enforcement of an Order of the National Labor Relations Board. Before HUG and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER,

  9. N.L.R.B. v. Charles H. McCauley Associates

    657 F.2d 685 (5th Cir. 1981)   Cited 13 times
    In McCauley, an employee named Richard Beck talked with at least two of his fellow employees concerning their working conditions and the possibility of unionization. Beck then met with several management officials. He made numerous complaints, and continually emphasized that he was acting on behalf of all employees. One of the supervisors forbade him from discussing the issues with other workers. Beck answered that the company "left him no alternative except to contact the local union representative to come in and try to bargain."
  10. Hedison Mfg. Co. v. N.L.R.B

    643 F.2d 32 (1st Cir. 1981)   Cited 8 times

    No. 80-1421. Argued February 11, 1981. Decided March 11, 1981. David F. Sweeney, Warwick, R. I., with whom Breslin Sweeney, Warwick, R. I., was on brief, for petitioner. Corinna L. Metcalf, Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom William A. Lubbers, Gen. Counsel, John E. Higgins, Jr., Deputy Gen. Counsel, Robert E. Allen, Acting Associate Gen. Counsel, Elliott Moore, Deputy Associate Gen. Counsel, Richard B. Bader and Sandra Shands Elligers, Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for respondent. Petition