Starbucks appears likely to win Supreme Court dispute with federal labor agency
Hindustan TimesThe U.S. Supreme Court appeared to side with Starbucks Tuesday in a case that could make it harder for the federal government to seek injunctions when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns. Starbucks appears likely to win Supreme Court dispute with federal labor agency Justices noted during oral arguments that Congress requires the National Labor Relations Board to seek such injunctions in federal court and said that gives the courts the duty to consider several factors, including whether the board would ultimately be successful in its administrative case against a company. Starbucks asked the Supreme Court to intervene because it says federal appeals courts don’t agree on the standards the NLRB must meet when it requests a temporary injunction against a company. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wondered aloud if whatever the Supreme Court decides will be moot since the injunction would have expired and an NLRB judge may have ruled in the Starbucks' case by the time the court's decision is published.