AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion

Holding that a ban on collective-action waivers in those contracts worked to "disfavor arbitration"

Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Res. Def. Council

Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"

Mitsubishi Motors v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth

Holding that a court must consider "whether legal constraints external to the parties' agreement foreclosed the arbitration of those claims" prior to enforcing an arbitration clause

Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.

Holding that a claim arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq. (1994 ed.), may be subject to compulsory arbitration

EPIC Sys. Corp. v. Lewis

Holding that, under Concepcion , "courts may not allow a contract defense to reshape traditional individualized arbitration" and "a rule seeking to declare individualized arbitration proceedings off limits" is preempted by the FAA

Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams

Holding that the phrase "any other class of workers engaged in ... commerce," following the specific examples of seamen and railroad employees, includes only "transportation workers," because construing it to include all other workers "fails to give independent effect to the statute’s enumeration of the specific categories of workers" that precede it

14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett

Holding that CBA's arbitration clause requiring union members to arbitrate claims arising from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634, is enforceable where the waiver is clear and unmistakable

Boys Markets v. Clerks Union

Holding that the Norris–LaGuardia Act's anti-injunction provisions do not bar enforcement of arbitration agreements

Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Mullins

Holding that, if a contract to contribute to union funds arose from an obligation that was illegal under the antitrust or labor laws, enforcing that contract would command unlawful conduct

Labor Board v. Laughlin

Holding that the National Labor Relations Act applied only to interstate commerce, and upholding its constitutionality on that basis

Rule 23 - Class Actions

Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"

Section 2 - Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate

Granting federal jurisdiction where there is "a transaction involving [interstate] commerce"

Section 158 - Unfair labor practices

Granting employees a wage increase without bargaining with Local 355

Section 1001 - Statements or entries generally

Making false statements

Section 160 - Prevention of unfair labor practices

Finding that the procedures for unfair labor practice cases mandated by R.C. 4117.12 and 4117.13 are substantively identical to those established in NLRA to govern unfair labor practice cases before NLRB

Section 151 - Findings and declaration of policy

Finding that "protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safeguards commerce" and declaring a policy of "encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining"

Section 157 - Right of employees as to organization, collective bargaining, etc.

Granting "employees" the right to unionize

Section 153 - National Labor Relations Board

Establishing National Labor Relations Board with an explicit removal limitation

Section 102 - Public policy in labor matters declared

Declaring public policy underlying Norris-LaGuardia

Section 103 - Nonenforceability of undertakings in conflict with public policy; "yellow dog" contracts