No. 23-367

Starbucks Corporation v. M. Kathleen McKinney, Regional Director of Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board, for and on Behalf of the National Labor Relations Board

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-10-05
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (16)Relisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: administrative-law circuit-split federal-district-courts national-labor-relations-act national-labor-relations-board preliminary-injunction unfair-labor-practices
Latest Conference: 2024-01-12 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether courts must evaluate the NLRB's requests for section 10(j) injunctions under the traditional, stringent four-factor test for preliminary injunctions or under some other more lenient standard.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-courts-must-evaluate-the-nlrb's-requests-for-section-10(j)-injunctions-under-the-traditional-stringent-four-factor-test-for-preliminary-injunctions-or-under-some-other-more-lenient-standard

Docket Entries

2024-07-15
Judgment Issued.
2024-06-13
Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Jackson, J., filed an opinion concurring in part, dissenting in part, and concurring in the judgment.
2024-04-23
Argued. For petitioner: Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Austin Raynor, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
2024-04-12
2024-03-29
Brief amici curiae of Labor and Employment Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
2024-03-29
Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed. (Distributed)
2024-03-29
2024-03-28
2024-03-28
Brief amicus curiae of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) filed. (Distributed)
2024-03-28
Brief amici curiae of American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) filed. (Distributed)
2024-03-27
CIRCULATED
2024-03-22
Brief of respondent Kathleen McKinney, Regional Director of Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board, for and on Behalf of the National Labor Relations Board filed.
2024-02-28
Brief amici curiae of Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, et al. filed.
2024-02-28
2024-02-28
Brief amici curiae of State of Tennessee and Twenty Other States filed.
2024-02-28
2024-02-28
Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation filed.
2024-02-28
Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.
2024-02-27
2024-02-22
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2024-02-21
2024-02-21
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
2024-02-20
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
2024-02-16
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
2024-02-08
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner Starbucks Corporation.
2024-01-12
Petition GRANTED.
2024-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2024.
2023-12-20
2023-12-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-12-06
Brief of respondent M. Kathleen McKinney, Regional Director of Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board, for and on Behalf of the National Labor Relations Board in opposition filed.
2023-11-06
Brief amici curiae of Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, et al. filed.
2023-11-06
2023-11-06
Brief amici curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States, et al. filed.
2023-10-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 6, 2023.
2023-10-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 6, 2023 to December 6, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-10-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 6, 2023)

Attorneys

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Maneesh SharmaAFL-CIO, Amicus
Buckeye Institute
David Christian TryonThe Buckeye Institute, Amicus
Caprice L. Roberts and Doug Rendleman
Leon DayanBredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C., Amicus
Coalition for a Democratic Workplace; Associated Builders and Contractors; HR Policy Association; National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors; and National Retail Federation
Stephanie SchusterMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Amicus
Constitutional Accountability Center
Brianne Jenna GorodConstitutional Accountability Center, Amicus
Kathleen McKinney, Regional Director of Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board, for and on Behalf of the National Labor Relations Board
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Labor and Employment Law Professors
Stacey Monica LeytonAltshuler Berzon, LLP, Amicus
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
William L. Messenger — Amicus
New Civil Liberties Alliance
Sheng Tao LiNew Civil Liberties Alliance, Amicus
Markham Sterling ChenowethNew Civil Liberties Alliance, Amicus
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Joshua Adam MatzKaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, Amicus
Starbucks Corporation
Lisa S. BlattWilliams & Connolly LLP, Petitioner
Starbucks Workers
Daniel Morris RosenthalJames & Hoffman, P.C., Amicus
State of Tennessee and Twenty Other States
Whitney Downs HermandorferOffice of the Tennessee Attorney General & Reporte, Amicus
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States and National Association of Manufacturers
Gregory George GarreLatham & Watkins LLP, Amicus
Washington Legal Foundation
John Mercer Masslon IIWashington Legal Foundation, Amicus