The Supreme Court on Monday said it supports a lower-court ruling that limited the authority of the Equal Employment Opportunity Employment Commission to subpoena companies for information when it is bringing a case against an employer.

In a 7-1 decision, the justices slapped down the EEOC’s argument that a district court should have backed the EEOC’s effort to fully enforce its request for documents, even after the company argued the request was too broad.

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