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Plant Closures And Relocations Under The National Labor Relations Act, Peter F. Munger, Stephen X. Munger, Thomas J. Munger Sep 1988

Plant Closures And Relocations Under The National Labor Relations Act, Peter F. Munger, Stephen X. Munger, Thomas J. Munger

Georgia State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Labor Law's Alter Ego Doctrine: The Role Of Employer Motive In Corporate Transformations, Gary Alan Macdonald Apr 1988

Labor Law's Alter Ego Doctrine: The Role Of Employer Motive In Corporate Transformations, Gary Alan Macdonald

Michigan Law Review

This Note examines the differing judicial approaches for reviewing NLRB alter ego findings, and concludes that a fundamental problem with all of the current approaches is the unwarranted consideration of motive in varying degrees. This Note proposes a modified "reasonably foreseeable benefit" standard which does not depend in any degree on the employer's motive for changing its corporate form. Part I discusses the origin and evolution of the alter ego doctrine, including its genesis in Southport Petroleum, the well-settled Crawford Door factors, and the related "successorship" doctrine. Part II analyzes the conflict among the federal courts of appeals over …


Plaquemines Parish Commission Council V. Delta Development Co.: Contra Non Valentem Applied To Fiduciaries, Mark D. Latham Mar 1988

Plaquemines Parish Commission Council V. Delta Development Co.: Contra Non Valentem Applied To Fiduciaries, Mark D. Latham

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Prevention Of Antiunion Discrimination In The United States, Theodore J. St. Antoine Jan 1988

Prevention Of Antiunion Discrimination In The United States, Theodore J. St. Antoine

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Nearly all rank-and-file employees in private businesses of any substantial size in the United States are protected by federal law against antiunion discrimination. The Railway Labor Act applies to the railroad and airline industries. The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) applies to all other businesses whose operations "affect [interstate] commerce" in almost any way. Supervisory and managerial personnel, domestic servants, and agricultural workers are excluded from this federal scheme. Separate federal law covers the employees of the federal government. About thirty of the fifty states have statutes ensuring the right to organize on the part of some or most of …


A Seed Germinates: Unjust Discharge Reform Heads Toward Full Flower, Theodore J. St. Antoine Jan 1988

A Seed Germinates: Unjust Discharge Reform Heads Toward Full Flower, Theodore J. St. Antoine

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In this paper, I shall briefly review the nature and limitations of the theories most frequently invoked by the courts in dealing with wrongful dismissal. I shall then examine the major arguments for and against a general overhaul of the doctrine of employment at will. Lastly, I shall discuss some of the particular questions that will have to be addressed in fashioning a statutory solution.


Retaliatorily Discharged Employees’ Standing To Sue Under The Antitrust Laws, Gary M. Shaw Jan 1988

Retaliatorily Discharged Employees’ Standing To Sue Under The Antitrust Laws, Gary M. Shaw

Scholarly Works

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