SpaceX Bid to Keep Labor Suit in Texas Denied by 5th Circuit (2)

SpaceX’s bid to keep its lawsuit against the US National Labor Relations Board in Texas was denied by a federal appeals court, a setback for Elon Musk’s aerospace company in its battle with the agency.

Tuesday’s order, by a three-judge panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, came after the company sued the NLRB in January, seeking to have its structure declared unconstitutional. It sued the day after the agency issued a complaint accusing SpaceX of illegally retaliating by firing eight employees who had circulated an open letter critical of Musk.

A US district court judge ...