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 Associated Press's not-for-profit newsgathering activities "amount[ed] to commercial intercourse . . . within the meaning of the Constitution" because it "involve[d] the constant use of channels of interstate . . . communication"
Holding that surveillance can constitute "interference" in violation of the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"), which prohibits "interfer[ing] with, restrain[ing], or coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed" by the Act