SpaceX Loses Fifth Circuit Challenge in Labor Board Case (2)

SpaceX couldn’t challenge a district court’s failure to rule on its request to halt a National Labor Relations Board case alleging the company committed unfair labor practices, a federal appeals court ruled.

A district judge in Texas didn’t effectively deny SpaceX’s motion for a preliminary injunction by not issuing a decision on the request during the months when the company waged a successful battle against the judge’s transfer of the case to California, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held Wednesday.

The appeals court said it had no jurisdiction to hear SpaceX’s appeal because there was no ...