Evans Hotels, LLC v. Unite Here! Local 30
Petition for certiorari denied on October 14, 2025.
Issue
(1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred in holding that the First Amendment and the Noerr-Pennington doctrine protect the unions’ use and threatening to use lobbying and litigation to financially harm secondary employers despite those actions violating 29 U.S.C. § 158(b)(4); (2) whether the 9th Circuit erred in holding that the unions’ long history of using environmental, land-use, and zoning laws to block developments until developers agreed to labor agreements is not serial sham petitioning excluded from the Noerr-Pennington doctrine; and (3) whether, under Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P.A. v. Allstate Insurance Co., the procedures authorized by state anti-SLAPP statutes apply in federal courts.
Recommended Citation: Evans Hotels, LLC v. Unite Here! Local 30, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/evans-hotels-llc-v-unite-here-local-30/