In Fansteel, the Board awarded reinstatement with backpay to employees who engaged in a "sit down strike" that led to confrontation with local law enforcement officials.
In National Labor Relations Board v. Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc., 303 U.S. 261, 58 S.Ct. 571, 572, 82 L.Ed. 831, 115 A.L.R. 307, three related corporations were involved. The two respondents claimed that the third corporation was the `employer'.
In Elbe, the taxpayer sold all of its interest in certain oil and gas properties in consideration of a large initial lump sum payment, four substantial deferred payments which were payable without regard to production, and a residual interest in the net profits from production and operation of the properties.