Supreme Court Curbs Labor Board’s Power in Win for Starbucks (2)

The US Supreme Court sided with Starbucks Corp. over the National Labor Relations Board in a decision that will make it more difficult for the agency to win temporary reinstatement of workers fired during labor disputes.

Federal judges should review NLRB requests for immediate court orders the same way they would examine any other petition for a preliminary injunction, the Supreme Court held in a 9-0 ruling Thursday.

In an opinion authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, the justices rejected the NLRB’s argument that the National Labor Relations Act directs judges to apply a more lenient standard to the agency’s ...