South Carolina State Ports Authority, et al., Petitioners v. National Labor Relations Board, et al.

  1. February 20, 2024

    Justices Won't Hear Fight Over Limits On Port Labor Protests

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider South Carolina's challenge to a Fourth Circuit ruling that allowed a dockworkers union to sue a shipping group over labor issues at a terminal at the Port of Charleston.

  2. December 07, 2023

    Union Urges High Court To Nix SC Port's Petition In Work Row

    The International Longshoremen's Association has urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to review a Fourth Circuit ruling that let the union pursue a lawsuit against a shippers' group over labor allocation at a new Port of Charleston terminal, saying Thursday that case law backs the appellate court's decision.

  3. October 31, 2023

    SC, Ga. Governors Urge High Court To Weigh Port Union Suit

    The governors of South Carolina and Georgia have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fourth Circuit ruling that allowed a dockworkers' union to sue shippers for using a partially nonunion state-run port.

  4. October 30, 2023

    Supreme Court Urged To Nix Ruling On Port Union Suit

    The Fourth Circuit "doomed" 270 state employees to losing their jobs at South Carolina's Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal when it allowed the International Longshoremen's Association to sue shippers for docking at a state-run port employing nonunion workers, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation told the U.S. Supreme Court. 

  5. October 26, 2023

    Ga. Joins SC In Urging High Court To Ax Labor Protest Ruling

    The Georgia Ports Authority supported its South Carolina counterpart Thursday by urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fourth Circuit ruling allowing a dockworkers' union to sue shippers for using a partially nonunion state-run port, saying the ruling runs afoul of laws prohibiting so-called secondary boycotts.

  6. September 29, 2023

    4th Circ. 'Gutted' Labor Protest Limits, High Court Told

    South Carolina urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fourth Circuit ruling letting a dock workers union sue shippers for using a partially nonunion state-run port, saying the decision "gutted" federal labor law's ban on so-called secondary boycotts.