29 U.S.C. § 483
Section 483 · Application of other laws; existing rights and remedies; exclusiveness of remedy for challenging election
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 113 court decisions — leading case Trbovich v. United Mine Workers (1972)
Most recently applied in Ian Scott-Anderman v. Robert Martinez (February 2023)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 29 U.S.C. § 482 · 29 U.S.C. § 481 · 29 U.S.C. § 411
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.
No labor organization shall be required by law to conduct elections of officers with greater frequency or in a different form or manner than is required by its own constitution or bylaws, except as otherwise provided by this subchapter. Existing rights and remedies to enforce the constitution and bylaws of a labor organization with respect to elections prior to the conduct thereof shall not be affected by the provisions of this subchapter. The remedy provided by this subchapter for challenging an election already conducted shall be exclusive.