NLRB Avoids High Court Case on Labor Law Impact of Loper Bright

The US Supreme Court won’t consider whether courts should review National Labor Relations Board decisions more strictly because the justices ended deference to agency interpretations of ambiguous laws.

The Supreme Court spared the NLRB a major test by denying Monday a case to determine the labor law impact of last June’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, a landmark decision that killed the Chevron doctrine.

The NLRB, which must petition federal appeals courts to enforce its orders, received judicial deference long before the Supreme Court minted its now-defunct 1984 ruling that instructed courts to yield to reasonable agency views on ...