February 06, 2026
The Ninth Circuit should walk back a six-year-old decision that gave unions a tool to complicate interunion disputes over what work their members perform, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors said, urging the court to overturn a piece of case law known as Kinder Morgan.
January 21, 2026
The International Longshoremen's Association and a shipping company urged the Ninth Circuit to vacate a National Labor Relations Board that had purportedly resolved a jurisdictional dispute between two other unions at the Port of Seattle.
December 16, 2025
The full Ninth Circuit is set to rethink precedent on the National Labor Relations Board's power to vet competing claims for work after taking up two challenges Tuesday to a June decision that revived a rival union's pursuit of jobs held by International Association of Machinists members.
September 26, 2025
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union urged the full Ninth Circuit not to rethink precedent on the National Labor Relations Board's power to vet competing union work jurisdiction claims that a panel called into question, saying its case is an "exceptionally poor" vehicle for en banc review.
August 01, 2025
The Ninth Circuit should have preserved the National Labor Relations Board's decision to admonish a longshoreman's union for going after maintenance work in the Port of Seattle that had been awarded to the Machinists, board prosecutors said, asking the court to rethink a June ruling that overturned the decision.