29 U.S.C. § 1801
Section 1801 · Congressional statement of purpose
This is the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act)
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 145 court decisions — leading case Adams Fruit Co. v. Barrett (1990)
Most recently applied in Alfaro-Huitron v. WKI Outsourcing Solutions, LLC (September 2018)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 29 U.S.C. § 1802 · 29 U.S.C. § 201 · 29 U.S.C. § 203
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
It is the purpose of this chapter to remove the restraints on commerce caused by activities detrimental to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers; to require farm labor contractors to register under this chapter; and to assure necessary protections for migrant and seasonal agricultural workers, agricultural associations, and agricultural employers.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Effective Date
Section 524 of Pub. L. 97–470 provided in part that: “The provisions of this Act [enacting this chapter and repealing chapter 52 (§2041 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture] shall take effect ninety days from the date of enactment [Jan. 14, 1983].”
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 97–470 provided in part that this Act [enacting this chapter and repealing chapter 52 (§2041 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture] may be cited as the “Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act”.