Holding that a district court did not commit an abuse of discretion when denying a motion for default judgment because the factors on balance weighed against granting the motion
369 U.S. 736 (1962) Cited 711 times 29 Legal Analyses
Holding that "an employer's unilateral change in conditions of employment under negotiation" is a violation of the National Labor Relations Act because "it is a circumvention of the duty to negotiate"
Holding that the district court properly bifurcated the excessive force claims against police officers from claims against the city and the police department because a jury verdict in favor of the police officers would eliminate the need to litigate the issues against the city defendants
Holding that a partial retrial is appropriate only if it "clearly appears that the issue to be retried is so distinct and separable from the others that a trial of it alone may be had without injustice"
Holding that the NLRB has the authority to interpret CBAs in the first instance where its interpretation is for the purpose of “enforc[ing] a statutory right which Congress considered necessary to allow labor and management to get on with the process of reaching fair terms and conditions of employment”
Holding that employer's proposal to change bargaining unit definition from "designers" to "draftsmen" would not merely affect work assignments but would alter the scope of the bargaining unit, because it would "not only modify the job functions of the various unit members but also affect their right to representation"