Amazon, SpaceX Cases Against NLRB Meet Skeptical Fifth Cir. (2)

Nov. 18, 2024, 5:29 PM UTCUpdated: Nov. 18, 2024, 8:06 PM UTC

Amazon.com Inc. and SpaceX faced tough questioning from federal appeals court judges who appeared doubtful that either company could challenge district courts’ failure to rule on their requests to halt National Labor Relations Board cases.

During separate oral argument sessions Monday, the same panel of judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit grilled lawyers for Amazon and SpaceX over their assertions that district judges effectively denied their preliminary injunction requests by not meeting the companies’ deadlines to freeze administrative proceedings at the NLRB.

A ruling that sends the cases back to district court would likely avoid ...

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