Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board et al

  1. March 05, 2024

    Split 5th Circ. Axes SpaceX Bid To Keep NLRB Suit In Texas

    SpaceX's challenge to the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board's structure should play out in California, a majority Fifth Circuit panel ruled Tuesday, denying the company's bid to station the lawsuit where it was originally filed in Texas but refraining from issuing a mandate.

  2. February 15, 2024

    SpaceX Suit Over NLRB Structure Shipped To Calif.

    A Texas federal judge on Thursday granted the National Labor Relations Board's request to transfer SpaceX's lawsuit claiming the agency is unconstitutionally structured to California, saying the actions the company said allowed it to file in Texas were "incidental to the principal events occurring elsewhere."

  3. February 13, 2024

    SpaceX Says It Deserves Injunction In NLRB Structure Fight

    A Texas federal judge should block a National Labor Relations Board case against SpaceX from proceeding while the company challenges the constitutionality of the agency's structure in federal court, SpaceX argued in a brief docketed Tuesday, claiming it has met the criteria for a preliminary injunction.

  4. February 07, 2024

    NLRB Can't Fast-Track SpaceX Suit Transfer Bid

    A Texas federal judge won't speed up the resolution of a fight over where SpaceX's constitutional challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's structure should play out, denying the agency's bid to expedite a briefing on a bid to transfer the case to California on Wednesday.

  5. February 05, 2024

    SpaceX Can't Show Harm In Constitutional Row, NLRB Says

    SpaceX hasn't proved how the company faces harm from the litigation of an unfair labor practice proceeding over its firing of eight Elon Musk critics, the National Labor Relations Board contended, defending the constitutionality of the agency's structure.

  6. February 02, 2024

    NLRB Constitutionality Fight Must Stay In Texas, SpaceX Says

    A constitutional challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's structure shouldn't head to a California district court, SpaceX contended, saying the case must proceed in Texas because fired workers in the dispute "caused substantial disruption" to the company in that state.

  7. January 30, 2024

    SpaceX Wants Workers Out Of NLRB Constitutionality Fight

    SpaceX has urged a Texas federal judge to prevent four fired employees from intervening in its challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's structure in Texas federal court, saying the workers cannot prove they're entitled to get involved in the case.

  8. January 16, 2024

    SpaceX Demands Halt To NLRB Case Over Firings

    SpaceX called for a Texas federal judge to block the litigation of a National Labor Relations Board complaint alleging the company illegally fired critics of CEO Elon Musk, contending that the administrative case shouldn't go forward because the agency's structure is unconstitutional.

  9. January 11, 2024

    NLRB Wants SpaceX's Constitutional Challenge Sent To Calif.

    The National Labor Relations Board sought Thursday to transfer SpaceX's bombshell suit challenging its constitutionality from Texas to California, saying the case has "virtually no nexus" to the court where it was filed and accusing the spacecraft maker of forum shopping.

  10. January 09, 2024

    Fired Workers Say SpaceX Is Trying To 'Hijack' Their Rights

    Fired workers at the center of an unfair labor practice complaint against SpaceX at the National Labor Relations Board asked a Texas federal judge to let them intervene in the rocket company's suit claiming the NLRB is unconstitutional, saying SpaceX is trying to "hijack" their rights by attacking the agency's authority.