Starbucks Corporation, Petitioner v. M. Kathleen McKinney, Regional Director of Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board, for and on Behalf of the National Labor Relations Board

  1. July 17, 2024

    'Memphis 7' Case Sent Back To Judge After High Court Ruling

    The National Labor Relations Board official who won reinstatement for the Memphis 7 — seven worker-organizers fired from a Tennessee Starbucks — must go back to the drawing board now that the U.S. Supreme Court used the case to change the standard for dispensing injunctions, the Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday.

  2. July 16, 2024

    NLRB Prosecutors Won't Slow Injunction Pursuit, GC Says

    National Labor Relations Board prosecutors should continue seeking injunctions in federal court while pursuing unfair labor practice litigation in administrative court despite the U.S. Supreme Court making it harder to obtain those injunctions, the agency's general counsel said in a memo issued Tuesday.

  3. June 13, 2024

    Supreme Court Tightens NLRB Injunction Test

    The U.S. Supreme Court made it tougher for the National Labor Relations Board to win injunctions against employers Thursday in a case involving Starbucks, directing courts to strictly apply a four-factor test when the board sues to stem alleged unfair labor practices.

  4. April 23, 2024

    Justices Probe NLRB's Burden In Starbucks' Injunction Appeal

    The U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to hold that the courts' traditional factors apply when the National Labor Relations Board pursues injunctions, though it's unclear from Tuesday's argument how closely it will direct courts to examine a key factor: the strength of the board's case.

  5. April 19, 2024

    Up Next At High Court: Abortions & Presidential Immunity

    The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday for the term's final week of oral arguments, during which it will consider several high-stakes disputes, including whether a federal healthcare law can preempt state abortion bans and whether former President Donald Trump is entitled to immunity from criminal charges related to official acts.

  6. April 12, 2024

    Starbucks Warns Of Open 'Floodgates' With NLRB Deference

    Starbucks told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday that siding with the National Labor Relations Board's arguments about deference to the agency for federal court injunction requests would "open the floodgates" in other ways for deference to federal agencies.

  7. April 02, 2024

    Scholars Back Lower Bar For NLRB Injunction At High Court

    A group of labor law professors defended the National Labor Relations Board's ability to dodge certain injunction requirements placed on private parties in a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, recommending the justices side with the agency over Starbucks in a dispute about how the NLRB obtains injunctions.

  8. March 28, 2024

    Starbucks' 10(j) Push Just 'Semantics,' AFL-CIO Tells Justices

    The AFL-CIO backed the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday in Starbucks' case at the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to unify the standards courts apply to the agency's injunction bids, saying the courts all use effectively the same test, even if some apply more or different factors than others.

  9. March 25, 2024

    NLRB Defends 10(j) Tests In Starbucks High Court Dispute

    The National Labor Relations Board told the U.S. Supreme Court that Starbucks is ignoring the history of how courts use injunction standards under federal labor law, explaining to the justices that a two-part test doesn't lead to more favorable outcomes for the agency.

  10. February 29, 2024

    Chamber Tells Justices To Nix 'Watered-Down' Injunction Test

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other employer groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Sixth Circuit decision over the rehire of seven fired Starbucks workers in Memphis, Tennessee, telling the nine justices to do away with a "watered-down" injunction test.