The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday ruled that Time Warner’s questioning of employees involved in a 2014 work stoppage did not violate federal law protecting workers’ rights to participate in collective bargaining activities.

The ruling, from a three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based appeals court, overturned a National Labor Relations Board decision, which found the cable company’s interrogation of employees about discussions they had leading up to the demonstration qualified as an “unfair labor practice” under the National Labor Relations Act.