386 U.S. 171 (1967) Cited 4,215 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"
495 U.S. 362 (1990) Cited 573 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that union could contractually undertake, in collective bargaining agreement, other duties towards member employees in addition to statutorily-imposed duty of fair representation
462 U.S. 393 (1983) Cited 657 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."
Declining to enforce a Board order that "appear[ed] to be inconsistent with its precedents, without addressing those precedents or explaining why they do not govern"