Opinion

Electro-Voice, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

  • 519 U.S. 1055
  • 65 U.S.L.W. 3465
  • 154 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2192
  • 117 S. Ct. 683
  • 136 L. Ed. 2d 608
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Jan 6, 1997
Status
Published
Cited by
114 cases
Authority
More cited than 97.6%

"To the extent that we can decide these issues as a matter of law without further factual development, we serve the interests of judicial economy as well as the interests of the parties in avoiding unnecessary re-litigation.”

How later courts described this case

  • "To the extent that we can decide these issues as a matter of law without further factual development, we serve the interests of judicial economy as well as the interests of the parties in avoiding unnecessary re-litigation.”
  • “The law does not require employers to make perfect decisions, nor forbid them from making decisions that others may disagree with. Rather, employers may not hire, fire, or promote for impermissible, discriminatory reasons.”
  • applying inference based on previous promotion
  • “It is the manager’s perception of the employee’s performance that is relevant, not plaintiffs subjective evaluation ...”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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