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SpaceX in its lawsuit claims the NLRB s in-house enforcement proceedings violate the U.S. Constitution in various ways and that administrative judges and board members are improperly insulated from removal by the president. Amazon.com, Starbucks and Trader Joe s have all raised similar arguments in pending board cases.
A panel of the New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in a brief order said the Los Angeles federal court should not have processed the transfer last week, days after the appeals court paused it pending an appeal by SpaceX.
Olvera ruled last week that because SpaceX is headquartered in California and the events that triggered the case took place there, it made no sense for the lawsuit to proceed in Texas.
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court in an unusual step on Monday moved to claw back rocket maker SpaceX's lawsuit claiming a U.S. labor board's structure is unconstitutional, after a judge in Texas granted the agency's request to se.