(March 6, 2024, 8:09 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by South Carolina and the South Carolina State Ports Authority after a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled that a union’s lawsuit against the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) and two carrier members after union and non-union workers were used at a new port in a way similar to those used in three other nearby ports did not violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....