High Court Declines to Hear Dealership’s Protected Speech Case

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Chicago-area car dealership’s challenge to a ruling that it unlawfully threatened a mechanic by saying there would be negative consequences for unionized workers if they went on strike.

The justices on Monday let stand a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that a Cadillac of Naperville Inc. manager’s statement that “things would not be the same” if workers went on strike violated federal labor law.

By turning aside the dealership’s request for review, the high court declined to wade into a debate over the scope of ...