Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board et al

  1. May 20, 2024

    Texas Judge Rescinds Denial Of SpaceX's Rethink Bid

    A Texas federal judge on Monday walked back his decision last week not to reconsider an order transferring SpaceX's National Labor Relations Board constitutionality dispute to a California court, saying he is "awaiting input from the Fifth Circuit."

  2. May 17, 2024

    Industry Emboldened After Justices Galvanize Agency Attacks

    In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court said "extraordinary" and "far-reaching" attacks on administrative enforcers can skip agency tribunals and go straight to federal district court, ambitious challenges to regulatory powers are rapidly gaining traction, and the high court is poised to put them on an even firmer footing.

  3. May 17, 2024

    Texas Judge Denies SpaceX's Rethink Bid In Transfer Spat

    A Texas federal judge won't reconsider his decision to transfer SpaceX's constitutional challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's structure to a California court, saying on Friday that the rocket company didn't give a "compelling reason" to rethink the ruling.

  4. April 24, 2024

    SpaceX Stalling Case's Launch To Calif., NLRB Says

    The National Labor Relations Board told a Texas federal judge it should disregard SpaceX's "last ditch" effort to keep a case challenging the employment agency's constitutionality in the Lone Star State, arguing that the rocket company is revisiting arguments the court already decided.

  5. March 05, 2024

    Split 5th Circ. Axes SpaceX Bid To Keep NLRB Suit In Texas

    SpaceX's challenge to the constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board's structure should play out in California, a majority Fifth Circuit panel ruled Tuesday, denying the company's bid to station the lawsuit where it was originally filed in Texas but refraining from issuing a mandate.

  6. February 15, 2024

    SpaceX Suit Over NLRB Structure Shipped To Calif.

    A Texas federal judge on Thursday granted the National Labor Relations Board's request to transfer SpaceX's lawsuit claiming the agency is unconstitutionally structured to California, saying the actions the company said allowed it to file in Texas were "incidental to the principal events occurring elsewhere."

  7. February 13, 2024

    SpaceX Says It Deserves Injunction In NLRB Structure Fight

    A Texas federal judge should block a National Labor Relations Board case against SpaceX from proceeding while the company challenges the constitutionality of the agency's structure in federal court, SpaceX argued in a brief docketed Tuesday, claiming it has met the criteria for a preliminary injunction.

  8. February 07, 2024

    NLRB Can't Fast-Track SpaceX Suit Transfer Bid

    A Texas federal judge won't speed up the resolution of a fight over where SpaceX's constitutional challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's structure should play out, denying the agency's bid to expedite a briefing on a bid to transfer the case to California on Wednesday.

  9. February 05, 2024

    SpaceX Can't Show Harm In Constitutional Row, NLRB Says

    SpaceX hasn't proved how the company faces harm from the litigation of an unfair labor practice proceeding over its firing of eight Elon Musk critics, the National Labor Relations Board contended, defending the constitutionality of the agency's structure.

  10. February 02, 2024

    NLRB Constitutionality Fight Must Stay In Texas, SpaceX Says

    A constitutional challenge to the National Labor Relations Board's structure shouldn't head to a California district court, SpaceX contended, saying the case must proceed in Texas because fired workers in the dispute "caused substantial disruption" to the company in that state.