§178 Injunctions during national emergency

Summary

If a board of inquiry reports a serious labor dispute, the President can tell the Attorney General to ask a federal district court to order a strike or lockout stopped. The court can do that only if it finds both that the action hits an entire industry or a large part of it involved in interstate or foreign trade or making goods for commerce, and that letting it start or continue would threaten the nation’s health or safety. Chapter 6 of this title does not apply. The court’s orders can be reviewed by the proper U.S. court of appeals and by the Supreme Court by writ of certiorari or certification as provided in section 1254 of title 28.