§52 Statutory Restriction of Injunctive Relief

Summary

Federal courts cannot issue restraining orders or injunctions in disputes between employers and workers, unless the order is needed to stop serious, irreparable harm to property or to a property right and money or other legal remedies are not enough. The person asking for the order must file a written, sworn application that clearly describes the specific property or property right, and it can be sworn to by the applicant, their agent, or their lawyer. Courts also may not stop people from quitting or ending work, from refusing to work, from peacefully persuading others to do the same, from attending places to give or get information, from refusing to buy or use someone's goods or services, from giving or withholding strike benefits or other money or things of value, from peaceably assembling for lawful purposes, or from doing anything they could lawfully do if there were no dispute. Those peaceful actions are not treated as violations of federal law.