Title 29, LaborRelease 119-102
§101 Issuance of Restraining Orders and Injunctions; Limitation; Public Policy
Title 29 › CHAPTER 6 — JURISDICTION OF COURTS IN MATTERS AFFECTING EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE › § 101
Summary
Federal courts covered by these rules may not issue court orders that temporarily or permanently stop actions in cases about labor disputes or strikes unless they follow the chapter’s rules exactly. They also cannot issue such orders if doing so would go against the public policy stated here.
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Title 29, §101
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No court of the United States, as defined in this chapter, shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute, except in a strict conformity with the provisions of this chapter; nor shall any such restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction be issued contrary to the public policy declared in this chapter.
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Act Mar. 23, 1932, ch. 90, 47 Stat. 70, which enacted this chapter, is popularly known as the “Norris-LaGuardia Act”.
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29 U.S.C. § 101
Title 29, Labor
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102