2. Bankruptcy and Collective Bargaining. The Bildisco decision is a landmark Supreme Court case dealing with bankruptcy and collective bargaining.

Use the Oyez Web site to read the opinion and discuss the significance of the case. Search for other cases involving bankruptcy and collective bargaining that have been decided since 1984. What legislation was amended as a result of the Bildisco decision?

NLRB v. Bildisco & Bildisco. 465 U.S. 513 (1984)

Use Web pages from Cornell’s Legal Information Institute to examine a section of the U.S. Code affected by the Bildisco case.

Bankruptcy Rejection of collective bargaining agreements 11 U.S.C. § 1113 (1996)

Go to Cornell’s overview of labor law and, in the case of conflict between the National Labor Relations Act and the Bankruptcy Code, find out which generally prevails.

Using the House of Representatives’ Web site, Thomas, search for Public Law 98-353, Bankruptcy Amendments of 1984.

From the Web site of Paul K. Rainsberger, Director of the University of Missouri’s Labor Education Program, read an overview of bankruptcy law and how it has affected collective bargaining. What was the Packwood-Rodino bill?