Justices Warm to Starbucks’ Bid to Curb Labor Board Power (1)

Several US Supreme Court justices expressed support for Starbucks Corp.’s position that federal judges should review National Labor Relations Board requests for injunctions the same way they would any other litigant’s bid for an immediate court order.

The justices appeared to split along ideological lines during oral argument on Tuesday, with the court’s conservative majority signaling opposition to the NLRB’s argument that federal labor law directs judges to apply a more lenient standard to the agency’s petitions than they would for a preliminary injunction motion in the course of private litigation.

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