462 U.S. 393 (1983) Cited 656 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 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
Explaining that the deferential standard of review is appropriate because the "[the ALJ] ... sees the witnesses and hears them testify, while the Board and the reviewing court look only at cold records"
Granting enforcement of an NLRB order to an employer to cease and desist from unfair labor practices, including failing to make certain contractual payments after a CBA's expiration, and noting that "[a]n employer may not make changes in the terms and conditions of employment reflected in an expired [CBA; i]nstead, the employer must maintain the status quo after the expiration of a [CBA] until a new agreement is reached or until the parties bargain in good faith to impasse"