Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney

Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney
Argued April 23, 2024
Decided June 13, 2024
Full case nameStarbucks 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
Docket no.23-367
Citations602 U.S. ___ (more)
ArgumentOral argument
Case history
PriorMcKinney v. Starbucks Corp., 77 F.4th 391 (6th Cir. 2023)
Questions presented
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.
Holding
The National Labor Relations Board, in pursuing injunctive relief, must meet the traditional four-factor test of Winter.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh
Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Case opinions
MajorityThomas, joined by Roberts, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett
Concur/dissentJackson
Laws applied
Section 10(j) of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (29 U.S.C. § 160(j))

Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney, 602 U.S. ___ (2024), was a U.S. Supreme Court case about what standard a court must apply before granting a preliminary injunction requested by the National Labor Relations Board. The Court held in an 8–1 decision that the ordinary four-factor Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council test applies.