CaseFile Method

West will not be supporting new purchases of Casefile Method as of April 2010.

If you are interested in purchasing CaseFile Method materials please contact Doug Leslie at dleslie@virginia.edu.

Labor Law 2009

Introduction

1.0

A Lawyer's Role Free

Managers decide how far they are prepared to go to resist unionization.
2.0

TEAM Free

Domination and assistance. Cooperative and conflict models of unionization.
3.0

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Free

Concerted activity absent a union.
4.0

Don't Throw it to Him

Exclusive representation.

Representation elections

5.0

Paramount Printers

Establishing the bargaining unit.
6.0

Firestarter, Inc

Campaign misconduct.

Employer responses to union organizing campaigns

7.0

Salts

The right to replace strikers.
8.0

Derailing Transportation

Retaliation against employees who support the union.
9.0

Cabbway Golf

Access to the employer's property.
10.0

Foggerty Guitar Co

Promises and threats.
11.0

Flipkakes

Misrepresentations.
12.0

Tiger Markets

Economic inducements.
13.0

Egg Cartons

Going out of business or relocating.
14.0

Flamingo Hotel

Certification as a remedy for employer misconduct.

Organizational picketing

15.0

Sheet Metal Workers Local 14

General limits on organizational picketing.

Loss of representative status

16.0

Danfurth Co

Ousting an incumbent union.
17.0

Columbus Computer Carts

Rights of unionized employees in bankruptcy.

Employer responses to collective activity by employees

18.0

Maryland Polymers Industries

Replacing unfair labor practice strikers.
19.0

Locked Out of My Chrysler

Employer lockouts.

Secondary boycotts

20.0

Waterstone Farm Equipment, Inc

(I)Ally doctrine.
21.0

Waterstone Farm Equipment, Inc. (II)

Appeals to third-party employees.
22.0

Dinmont Terrier Band

Consumer appeals.
23.0

Nigel Bruce, Inc

Hot cargo clauses and work preservation.
24.0

Metro of Omaha

Jurisdictional disputes between unions.

Negotiating bargaining agreements

25.0

Patterson Printer Mfg

Remedies for refusals to bargain.
26.0

Wampum Candy Co

Making proposals.
27.0

ConAgra

Duty to disclose financial information.
28.0

RFD

Mandatory and permissive subjects.
29.0

B-Baar-B

Unilateral imposition of terms.
30.0

Some Team, Somewhere

Multiemployer bargaining.
31.0

Hard Hats at Taft

Bargaining while an agreement is in effect and NLRB treatment of contract issues.

Enforcing bargaining agreements

32.0

St. Antoine

Grievance arbitration.
33.0

Bone Phone Overtime

Court enforcement of arbitration awards.
34.0

Texas Memorabilia, Inc

Bargaining agreement enforcement of statutory rights.
35.0

Beechwood Candy Co. (Local 45789)

Enforcing the no-strike clause.
36.0

Jack Wolfman Associates

Obligations of successor employers.

Antitrust regulation

37.0

How Many Flies (I)

Labor-antitrust.
38.0

How Many Flies (II)

Labor-antitrust.

Union duty to fairly represent employees

39.0

Summers' Summaries

Fair representation in negotiating agreements and grievance handling.

Federal preemption of state law

40.0

Hate Speech

Federal preemption of state tort claims.
41.0

Rabbit

Federal preemption of state contract claims.
42.0

Unionizing Waterball

A practice final examination. Contains labor-antitrust and bargaining unit issues in a new context. It is self-contained.

Additional Resources

Background Memo Free
Labor-Management Relations Act (LMRA) Free
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act Free
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) Free
Secondary Boycotts Sections, abbreviated Free
Sherman, Clayton, and Norris Laguardia Act Free
Short Statutes Free

Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | westacademic.com
© 2010 West Publishing Corp.