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Starbucks v. NLRB

5th CircuitApril 17, 2026No. 24-60500

Case Details

Status
Published
Procedural Posture
appeal
Circuit
5th Circuit

Related Laws

No specific laws identified for this ruling.

Claim Types

Retaliation

Outcome

The Fifth Circuit vacated and remanded the NLRB's order finding that Starbucks violated Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA by obtaining subpoenas, holding that the Board applied the wrong legal standard and must apply a totality-of-circumstances coercion test rather than the National Telephone discovery balancing test.

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