Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Goulden v. Oliver Et Al.

Goulden v. Oliver, 442 U.S. 922 (1979)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1979-06-04
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • finding that “[o]nce a violation is demonstrated, the moving party need show only that there is some reasonable likelihood of future violations” under Section 6c of the Act
  • approving the American Law Institute rule allowing venue in any district in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred
  • great deference given to the inferences drawn by the Board from testimony credited by the ALJ
  • burden rests on employer to undertake initial steps toward accommodation; employer cannot excuse failure to accommodate by pointing to deficiencies in employee’s suggested accommodation
  • employee discontent, turnover, union inactivity, low union membership, financial difficulties of the union, and bargaining history were insufficient individually and cumulatively, where none of the evidence was wholly referable to a decline in union support
  • “As required to support such relief, these respondents alleged (and petitioner did not deny

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
153 opinions

C. A. 5th C'ir. Certiorari denied.