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Norris-LaGuardia Act

In force

Codified at29 U.S.C. §§ 101–115

Enacted March 23, 1932 · ch. 90, 47 Stat. 70

The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 strips federal courts of jurisdiction to issue injunctions in nonviolent labor disputes and makes “yellow-dog” contracts — promises not to join a union — unenforceable in federal court. It marked Congress’s decisive turn away from government by labor injunction and is codified at 29 U.S.C. §§ 101–115.