However, the lower court decision that it was not in violation of section 2 is vacated.
Instead, he honored the lower court decision and left it at that.
"Our concern was that, if the lower court decisions were left standing, this could become an important tool for employers to use against union activities."
The ruling upheld a lower court decision, which had found the election law unconstitutional.
Government lawyers had argued that they needed the stay to give them time to appeal the lower court decision.
The city tried to overturn the lower court decision but failed.
The vote, which overturned a lower court decision, was 3 to 2.
No expert at trial presented such an estimate, nor did the lower court decision.
The new courts had jurisdiction over most appeals of lower court decisions.
Unless the lower court decision in this case is overturned, that goal will be impossible to achieve.