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Office and Professional Employees International Union v. Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 24-50627, 24-40533, 24-10855 · judgment October 14, 2025


Certiorari denied · April 20, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Maneesh Sharma
AFL-CIO

For respondent
Michael Edward Kenneally Jr.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Apr 20 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 01 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
  3. Mar 25 2026
    Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition not accepted for filing. (April 08, 2026)
  4. Mar 18 2026
    Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - March 23, 2026)
  5. Mar 18 2026
    Brief of Federal Respondents in opposition filed. (Corrected)
  6. Feb 24 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 18, 2026.
  7. Feb 23 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2026 to March 18, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
  8. Jan 29 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including March 4, 2026.
  9. Jan 28 2026
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 2, 2026 to March 4, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
  10. Jan 09 2026
    Letter of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation filed.
  11. Jan 02 2026
    Waiver of right of respondents Energy Transfer LP and its subsidiary and employing entity LA Grange Acquisition, L.P. to respond filed.
  12. Dec 31 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 2, 2026, for all respondents.
  13. Dec 30 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 2, 2026 to February 2, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
  14. Dec 23 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Aunt Bertha d/b/a Findhelp to respond filed.
  15. Nov 21 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2026)