439 U.S. 322 (1979) Cited 4,294 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that district courts have discretion to refuse to apply offensive non-mutual collateral estoppel against a defendant if such an application of the doctrine would be unfair
Holding that two entities were a single employer and therefore that their gross receipts could be totaled together to establish jurisdiction under the National Labor Relations Act
425 U.S. 800 (1976) Cited 222 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that appeals court usurped role of NLRB by reversing Board's legal conclusion and proceeding to decide issue of fact that should be decided by Board in the first instance
Holding that jurisdiction under ERISA was proper because at issue was whether the employer was obligated to contribute during the term of a collective bargaining agreement to which it was not a party.
Holding that joint employer situation exists only when "two or more employers exert significant control over the same employees . . . [where] they share or co-determine those matters governing essential terms and conditions of employment"
Emphasizing that Deming, like Savair, was based on a pre-election union announcement that conditioned a waiver of initiation fees on a showing of pre-election union support