The Oyez Project: Unions Issues - Miscellaneous Dispute Decisions http://www.oyez.org/issues/unions/misc-dispute/ U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us BE & K Construction Co. v. NLRB <p>Did the Court of Appeals err in holding that the National Labor Relations Board may impose liability on an employer for filing a losing retaliatory lawsuit, even if the employer could show the suit was not objectively baseless?</p><p>Yes. In a 9-0 opinion delivered by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the Court held that the Board lacked authority to assess liability under the standard of prosecuting an unsuccessful suit with a retaliatory motive. The Court reasoned that the Board's definition of a retaliatory suit as one brought with a motive to interfere with the exercise of protected NLRA rights covers a substantial amount of genuine petitioning. "Because there is nothing in the statutory text indicating that [the NLRA] must be read to reach all reasonably based but unsuccessful suits filed with a retaliatory purpose, we decline to do so. Because the Board's standard for imposing liability under the NLRA allows it to penalize such suits, its standard is thus invalid," wrote Justice O'Connor.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2001/2001_01_518/ City Of Charlotte v. Firefighters <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1975/1975_75_250/ Communications Workers v. N. L. R. B. <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1959/1959_418/ Detroit Edison Co. v. NLRB <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1978/1978_77_968/ First National Maintenance Corp. v. NLRB <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_80_544/ General Electric Co. v. Local 205 <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1956/1956_276/ Goodall-Sanford v. Textile Workers <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1956/1956_262/ Howard Johnson Co. v. Hotel Employees <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1973/1973_73_631/ Labor Board v. Brown <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_7/ Labor Board v. Reliance Fuel Corp. <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1962/1962_88/ Labor Board v. Truck Drivers Union <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1956/1956_103/ National Labor Relations Board v. Health Care & Retirement Corporation Of America <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1993/1993_92_1964/ Oil Workers v. Mobil Oil Corp. <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1975/1975_74_1254/ Railway Clerks v. Florida E. C. R. Co. <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1965/1965_750/ Retail Clerks v. Lion Dry Goods <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1961/1961_73/ Textile Workers v. Darlington Co. <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1964/1964_37/ Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1956/1956_211/